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I forgot to mention that when I opened the coop up this morning, one of the hens that had been playing at going broody, Lil' Bit, was on the nest; so that narrows my possibilities of an egg hider down to one. Hope she doesn't get nervous from me stalking her today.

Quote: My brahmas are hatchery stock and I think they are bred more towards egg production than a breeder quality brahma, but that's just a guess. The girls are 11 1/2 months old. Most of them started laying in September/October. Two of the girls didn't start laying until they were 9 months...

Quote: We have two neighbors within a half mile of us and they are both my best egg customers! One buys 6 dozen at a time! And yeah, the coop is locked at night, but to prevent four legged thieves. We also have a bark crazy dog within sight of the coop. To answer your question, I have LF...

Quote: Again the cat. We're talking former feral who rarely misses the chance to leave me something - rats, squirrels, rabbits, snakes - on my doorstep every night. She managed to survive 11 days accidently locked in a building without food and water. The only thing in there for her to eat...

I'm in and out of the coop all day and haven't seen any signs of a snake. We saw a juvenile black snake in the area last spring, but my cat took care of that as she does with most pests. If someone has suddenly decided to become an egg eater I'd be surprised. No evidence in the nests or on...

Okay, for the past two months I have been keeping track of my daily egg haul. It averages out to 11 eggs a day from 14 hens and then one day a week it drops to between 6 to 8 eggs before it goes right back to 11. Then last week two hens decided to play at being broody. My egg count dropped for...