Melting snow, good. Mud, bad. It's that time of year! Birds aren't laying so well right now, probably due to last week's cold. Also, one morning (noon, when I got out there) their waterers were frozen solid, because somebody must have flown into the circuit breaker, tripping it, and shutting off the heated waterer bases.
Everyone was thirsty, naturally, and lacking water isn't so good for egg production. If anything can go wrong, it will, sooner or alter.
Mary

Everyone was thirsty, naturally, and lacking water isn't so good for egg production. If anything can go wrong, it will, sooner or alter.
Mary