I expect this activity cuts down on egg production. I had some friends over yesterday afternoon, a boy from Frank’s Cub Scouts den and his mother. She said their four hens each lay an egg every day.
Productive hens secure in the knowledge that invasive alien feline predator species not running wild in the neighborhood.
As Martha Stewart says, “It’s a good thing”.
One of my church friends (has a quilt store and is VERY good at what she does) has two chickens. I told her she needed a third. She has Red and Blue (black, mostly) but I told her she needed a third one: Blanca.
She gets an egg a day from them, most days, and is very proud of their efforts. I know because she posts pics of plates of food containing eggs on FB.