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When egg production comes to a halt...

11/29/2011

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When the assembly line crunches to a halt it is a sad day.  The chickens stopped laying eggs for the winter.  Last year the eggs kept coming even through the cold.  We only had a few eggs a week from each chicken, but it was enough.  For over two weeks Barbecue and Nugget had not been pulling their weight.  
     So my lovely husband installed a heat lamp with a timer. It seems to have extended their day by a few hours.  They sit up in the roost having what I like to call "TV time".  They warm their tail feathers in the light and relax while preening their feathers.  It is pretty cute.  But the best part its, we have eggs again! 6 in the last week.  Somehow we have cheated mother nature! 

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