It's a Puzzlement!

Three months ago Penny laid the last egg of the season. We thought we would have to buy eggs for the winter. But, wonder of wonders, yesterday Henny laid an egg, with a loud announcement to the neighborhood. Then another wonder! Today Penny laid a beautiful blue egg. It was her first of the season and she was on the nest for several hours.

Three months only without our fresh eggs! They stopped laying in mid-October and started in mid-January. Now according to the experts, chickens do not lay during the dark winter months unless they are supplied with artificial lights for about 14 hours a day. Well, we did not furnish lights. So, how do we account for this strange behavior by our two older hens?

We can't and so we won't. We are just grateful that our fussy hens are supplying us with fresh, organic, delicious, nutritious eggs. We might ask the question but, so far, no one has the answer.

Thank you Henny and Penny. You are worth the time and effort of caring for you, cleaning your messes and feeding and watering you daily. Perhaps you appreciate our efforts and decided to pay us back. Whatever, we will eat your eggs with gratitude and enjoyment.

Each day when I go out to do the chicken chores, I will feel the thrill of anticipation of hoping to gather a beautiful blue egg lying snuggly in the straw.