My three pullets have been fairly faithful over the winter, giving me 1 or 2 eggs daily, but one of the older girls must have started laying today!
:celebrate
I've been getting one or two small eggs daily this past week, suspected the pullets were laying.
Today I verified it. As of 8:30am:
The smallest one was laid early today, wasn't in the box after dark.
Boys escort ⬆️😎😂
The hens had their first real molt, they're not quite 2, I get it. The pullets appear to be ready to lay, but maybe the shorter days are preventing them?
They're all getting some extra protein, and have a self-serve dish of oyster shell flakes.
If they all wait until after the first of the...
I was telling my son about how my hens aren't laying, instead they're molting. Then I added that I didn't mind zero eggs right now, the hens needed down time.
:gig
Ouch, totally unintentional pun!