Our hens stopped laying in October. In the world of self-sufficiency, we have got used to food being seasonal though I was surprised at how soon egg production stopped. So you can imaging our surprise and delight when we found a freshly laid egg in one of our henhouses on New Year's Day. And since then, the hen responsible had laid an egg every day except one.
We had searched the allotment thoroughly for hidden nests of eggs in October but found nothing. And then by chance I discovered 12 eggs under an old set of shelves which are waiting to be repurposed. We have no idea how long they have been there. We will test each one and try to get them used up quickly if they are a usable state.
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