Decreased Winter Egg Laying?

[ruth]

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:

And the EEs nest in barn crib:

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

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.

 

[greenmulberry]

Wow, that's a lot of hidden eggs!

 

[AussieSharon]

Looks like you got Easter early.

 

[newnanchic]

Easter Egg Hunt!!!!!!!

 

[All my hens are roosters]

Just be careful handling the hidden eggs... they get kind of stinky if they have been there for a while... and explosive!

 

[ruth]

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:

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.