The chickens are on egg-laying hiatus now.
I won’t be getting many eggs until spring. Hopefully, they’ll give me enough that I won’t have to buy any.
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sure are cute with their feathered leggings. 🙂
The cochins are adorable. This is my Dora hen.
…and nothing beats the taste of fresh, farm raised, eggs. Good luck.
Thanks. At least, with a family of one, I don’t go through too many.
mine are the same way, 40 chickens and 2 eggs a day, at least the ducks are still paying their rent!
I’m going between 0-2 with about 16 hens. My two duck hens aren’t laying either, but they are still fairly young.
No wonder I went into sticker shock at the grocery store!
I wouldn’t even know what a dozen eggs cost anymore. I haven’t bought any in about twelve years. 🙂
Our 12 hens give us 0-2 eggs a day. It’s not just the season. We let age slip up on us and didn’t hatch newbies soon enough. So we’ll be buying eggs soon until the chicks arrive and start to lay. 😦
That happens. I’ll probably try and get a few young ones next year, so I don’t end up there.
Great photos – we always had some chickens in the back yard when I was a child.
I do wish I could let mine run free, but I end up losing them all to predators. They do have a really large area that is enclosed and safe.
Well, if they aren’t laying eggs, what do they do all winter other than try to stay warm. They are beautiful and seemingly very special. I don’t see the chickens wearing leggings around here. Really cute post …
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They like to take dust baths and stretch out. They dig for good things to eat. Then they roost at night. 🙂
She’s beautiful! I think she’s wearing snow shoes. 🙂
Those feathered feet are cute. They’re kind of a problem in muddy weather though.
Teresa, what do you feed you chickens in winter?
They get cracked corn. Sometimes, when I’m not in a hurry, I give them hay or lettuce. They love green treats in the winter.
Do your chickens take a break in the winter? I miss our chickens so much. My granddaughter, Eloise, is begging me to clean out the chicken house, put the fencing back up, and get her come chickens. She wants goats, too. Don’t know about that…Rosebud and Sagebrush were very naughty goats, and I do not know if I can go through that again at my age. Now that I am totally retired, we can finally think about starting back with a few pet animals. I enjoy your animals so much. They require nothing from me by my computer 🙂
The chickens are pretty easy if you have a secure place for them. They mostly quit for the winter. I have a light on for security purposes, so I do get a few along.
They are pretty, gorgeous feathers!
I love the variety of feathers we get. Not from Dora, but I do have several kinds.
Such pretty hens, with their feathered legs.
The cochins are quite pretty.
She’s especially pretty!
She (and the matching rooster) has really helped me rethink my prejudice against cochins.
Cool, I want chickens!
They are nice to have around. The eggs are delicious too.
Amazing shots, Teresa! Eggs or no eggs, they’re beauties!
Yes, they are! Thanks for stopping by.
interesting looking hens
They are white cochins. I do like their round bodies.
What gorgeous chickens! It’s impossible to find a better food than a truly fresh egg. Thank you for this post!
My pleasure. Thanks for stopping by, Wally.
They are very cute.
I think so too. 🙂
Hi great shots and I see they have their snow boots on!
I have several cochins with the feathered feet.
Lovely shots! Looks like their feet are well prepared for the winter!
They do have those feathers. Of course, she’ll sit on her feet to keep them warm most of the winter.
Are they on strike ? But they are beautiful on your pictures !
Just the natural order of things. When the days get shorter, they quit laying for the winter. In nature, it’s not a good time to sit on a nest and hatch eggs.
Lovely chook, I used to have the same in black. My chickens did not lay today because it was much too hot. Ours stop laying in the heat of summer as well as the cold of winter.
My girls did slow down during the hot spells too. I can’t blame them.
Those are fluffy looking chickens.
The chochins do look quite fluffy. It makes them cute.
Love those feathery legs! Egg production is down here too. Only one or two a day. 😦
If only everything else would slow down to match that pace, life would be great!