Today I only sold a dozen eggs. I got a new job working the grave yard shift anf I'm just getting used to the hour changes. Slept in rather than getting to the sale site at my usual time. I guess I missed my regular customers. Oh well, eggs will keep.
As you can probably see, the chickens are molting. I find it a little strange that just as the weather turns cold, they lose their feathers. Weird chickens! I put a heat lamp on them at night to keep them laying even though the days are shorter. I was told they do that due to the less tham optimun 10 hours of daylight the need top keep producing. I increased their calcium uptake by adding lots of oyster shells to their feed. Keeps the shells strong enough for me to handle. I usual drop 1 or 2, sometimes 3, just from not paying attention. I guess you could call them aborted future chickens. Oh well, I don't know if they were fertilized or not. Red doesn't seem to have the stamina to jump 22 hens every day.
The top left photo is of the site I go to every Sunday with my eggs. As you can see you don't need anything special, just a place to set the eggs down, up or whatever and a chair. The next photo below it is of the nesting boxes. They don't always use every box. Seems they have a favorite and no matter what I do, they will lay in that box until the previous eggs start getting crushed. I have to check that box more often to prevent that from happening.
I will try to keep you posted more regularly about these fine little "money makers".
