I really was wondering if Annie would ever lay again, having stopped for her annual moult about six weeks ago. In her first season, she often laid soft-shelled eggs, indicating a problem with her ability to form them. (It is also a sign of calcium deficiency, but with scratch mix always available and Lizzie's eggs always fine, I knew this was not our problem.) Lizzie has been laying daily for the last two weeks; before that, every second day for about a fortnight. On Friday, however, we found this:
Annie lays long chalk-white eggs that are noticeably smaller than Lizzie's. She has laid two so far, with a rest-day in between. I'm hoping that another egg will appear tomorrow.
I bought organic eggs during the moult, but I have to tell you that they still aren't as nice as a fresh, home-grown egg, even though the yolk is a better colour than you get with battery eggs.
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I miss the eggs from my parents hens.
They really DO taste better and OMG how good do they make a butter cake look?!
Oh yes, and having psychedelic scrambled eggs is SO good!
My two young girls haven't stopped laying yet.... and of the old girls, only 1 has moulted but they are so lazy they'll probably only lay another few eggs this year and think themselves done (they've never laid terribly well).
...and when I gave a neighbour a dozen eggs for helping out with something, she told me she had to throw them out because the yolks were a funny colour! (they were the yellow-orange of proper free-range eggs!)
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