I read all of the reply's and I pulled 18 eggs out mid morning, not sure if they are freaking just happy living out and have free range. I didn't know they have seasons too for laying?
What about when they scratch you when I hold my chicory she often scratches my chest area - I have a weakened immune system and ironically this week I was feeling sluggish and low grade fever for about 4 days - my stcrathes were starting to scab and I had a thought perhaps it could be related...
Good to know - we have a huge amount of crows which I figured they would try to hurt the chicks. We are on acreage so it's really hard to control the land