Decreased Winter Egg Laying?

ruth

Life is a Journey
12 Years
Jul 8, 2007
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At first I was buying into all the posts and information about decreased winter egg laying and accepting my 4 - 5 daily eggs out of 13 chickens.

Until I found Ruth's nest in horse stable:

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And the EEs nest in barn crib:

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And just this week another hidden nest on other side of chicken coop:

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So they aren't decreasing laying at all - just getting darned sneaky about it.

Guess I'll have to tie their legs to nest boxes in coop for a few weeks till they learn their lesson.
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Just caught another lone chicken off by an old storage shed we haven't even been in yet (moved here two months ago). Knew she wasn't there for the scenary - look what I found:

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This is getting ridiculous.

And yes, All My Hens I am careful about the found eggs. Eventhough this started about two weeks ago and it's still cold here and I'm sure the eggs are still good and probably fresher than store-bought, and none of the eggs are fertile because we don't have a rooster -- I still don't eat them - I cook them for the baby chicks I just hatched and feed them to cats and dogs.
 
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