tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793418066134406290.post3966344554119969743..comments2023-10-28T11:21:18.927-04:00Comments on The Black Sheep Cottage: A Christmas EggPennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16437631609980218749noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793418066134406290.post-52594811961896881202011-01-02T22:15:51.832-05:002011-01-02T22:15:51.832-05:00Hi Penny. I noticed you on my followers and wanted...Hi Penny. I noticed you on my followers and wanted to come pay a visit. Very interesting post. My Ameraucanas and Barred Holland have continued to lay right on through the shortest day of the year, so the topic of winter layers is on my mind. I didn't know about the orpingtons. My DH loves the buffs. My Welsummers and Delaware quit laying quite awhile ago. They look like they are finally finished their moult and beginning to feather out again, so maybe??? I did freeze 13 dozen extra eggs last summer though. Just in case.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793418066134406290.post-53067124148797494912010-12-28T14:12:39.675-05:002010-12-28T14:12:39.675-05:00hahahaha the girls in a red light district just cr...hahahaha the girls in a red light district just cracks me up. Sorry. But what would mom say about that? hahahaAngelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07305171049063634796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793418066134406290.post-63664101611537562772010-12-28T12:38:56.143-05:002010-12-28T12:38:56.143-05:00I don't know if it works or not, but I've ...I don't know if it works or not, but I've heard that if you put a golf ball or plastic egg in the nest box it can encourage them to lay. It might be an old wives tale, though! Good luck!Laura-IHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15178872530860036969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793418066134406290.post-68440780064347224992010-12-28T12:27:40.883-05:002010-12-28T12:27:40.883-05:00Were the orpingtons moulting? Mine have always tak...Were the orpingtons moulting? Mine have always taken a few weeks at the beginning of winter to regulate themselves. I've only been getting about two eggs a day from eight hens.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995851593213427196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793418066134406290.post-63368215158745523612010-12-27T21:38:45.718-05:002010-12-27T21:38:45.718-05:00Thank you for giving me hope! Mine haven't la...Thank you for giving me hope! Mine haven't laid for several weeks, it was hard for me to buy eggs this month at the grocery. I'm keeping my fingers crossed they will get back at it, and soon!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642967022028132751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793418066134406290.post-29005690924158881192010-12-27T20:49:13.250-05:002010-12-27T20:49:13.250-05:00Have you tried putting a red light in the hen hous...Have you tried putting a red light in the hen house? My girls had slowed down considerably but when it got really cold here, I added a heat light. Within a few days, they increased the production back to where it was in the late summer. Now I am getting 10-15 eggs from 18 hens everyday with nightime temps below freezing. It's worth a try. Don't you just love chickens?! I do.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992045408735413650noreply@blogger.com