Well, it wasn’t a one off
It’s definitely the pekin, though it’s awfully hard for me to believe. She’s tiny. She’s laid an egg nearly every day since the first one.
As much as I love pekin eggs (they’re nearly all yolk!) this is not a good thing. Laying eggs is stressful on a hen and she’s not likely to have a long life, poor thing.
My first two chickens, one would go broody every summer and stop laying. I went through ructions with her every year. I bet she didn’t lay a dozen eggs in her life. She lived to be eight. The other one laid eggs regularly and dropped dead at three.
Let that be a lesson: don’t lay eggs!
July 7, 2026 — 5:59 pm
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