[teenyelliott]

Ha! You know, since you are giving them all the amenities, if you put a light on them they will lay more for you. It is the length of day, not temp, that dictates how much they lay. You have to trick their tiny brains.

I'd love to see a photo of your coop if you have one. I really like to see how other people set their places up.

And yeah, chickens are cool. But the ducks are my favorites, hands down.

[Lancey Howard]

It is the length of day, not temp, that dictates how much they lay.

That's what we understood, but two of our chickens apparently didn't get the memo. We got two eggs on December 21st, the shortest day of the year.

Our six chickens are six different breeds, but they are all alleged to be "cold hardy". All I can remember is that one is a "Buff Orpington" and another is a "Polish Tophat". My wife selected and bought them all, so she knows all the breed names. The Buff lays an egg every day.

The Polish Tophat lays eggs that are supermarket white. Another chicken lays blue eggs. The rest lay brown ones. All of them are tasty as can be.