chickens!

Some fun chicken pictures.  I have mentioned before that when it starts to get colder outside and the days get shorter, chickens 'molt' or lose all their feathers a few at a time to replace them with new feathers.  My poor little hen looks so unhappy with her bald head and naked back.  She will have feathers back soon!  Look at the blue color of the feathers growing in on her back!

Also at this time of year when the days are shorter and they chickens are molting, the hens lay far fewer eggs.  Growing new feathers takes alot of energy!  Here is where our eggs come from:

 

 

The hens go into the little boxes to lay their eggs.  They make alot of noise when they are laying eggs!  Different hens lay different eggs.  You can tell what color egg a chicken will lay by looking at the feathers on their ears.  We'll look at some pictures of this on another day!

And lastly, everybody in the chicken house does perch to go to sleep.  These hens and roosters are awake.  They are probably wondering why I am in their house as evening is coming.