About time!!!

[nakactress]

My EE's stopped laying in mid-august when they started molting. I don't have any extra light in the coop and only keep a heat lamp on their water to prevent freezing but they still are in "bed" at dusk.
So I assumed between molt and shorten days, I was in for free riders until spring. 3 of my 5 spring hatched have just started laying so at least I was getting some eggs.

Low and behold I found a BIG green egg in one of the nest boxes. I'm assuming it kicked out a younger hen because I found a small egg on the floor....lol My EE's are the top chicks in flock. my younger hens are normally very good about laying in the next boxes and even though I have enough boxes they have their favorite laying spots.

It feels good to see an egg!!! I can't believe its been 3 months. I guess we just take advantage of home grown eggs.

 

[Pumpkinpup]

Congrats!

 

[Bex]

I want eggs.

Why does everyone have eggs but me?

Darned freeloading chickens!

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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That's exactly what we're calling our girls - Dang Freeloaders!

 

[nakactress]

I have one leghorn going through a serious HARD molt and she hasn't laid in a few weeks. My buff stopped laying in August. She had a molt for about 2 weeks but she's free loading. My other EE hasn't laid and 2 of my newer gals who have been of age for awhile now have no signs of laying.

So I still have 3 gals who either haven't laid yet, 2 who haven't laid in 3 months and 1 who hasn't laid in about 3 weeks. My dh started telling them to lay or they'd become stew...lol