Now Betsey the cockerel has gone, I can now reduce the number of suspects to find the one that goes into the coop every day and destroys Hannah's eggs.
And the winner is... AVA. Honestly, after all this time and her not laying, then starting to lay, I thought she was sorted. But no, she's obviously got something wrong in her daft little head and her nine lives are now up.
So she's got to go. I was hoping to sell her and Grace as a pair, but I can't pass a known egg-destroyer onto someone I know. So, dispatching options are being considered. Sad, but it costs money to feed and keep them and if a chicken willingly ruins the fruits of that labour, then they aren't any use to me. She's an egg saboteur - I just need to finalise her sentence and/or execution.
That means I'll be down to Grace, Daryl and Hannah, George and the half-pint sized Ken the broody hen. They should produce a regular lay if three a day, which is more than enough for me.
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