Silly Chickens...

We have a couple of odd laying hens here on the Homestead :)

Apparently my pepper planters, yes they are 5 gallon buckets, 

NEEDED to have eggs laid in them..
NEEDED!!!!

Yes there are two hens in that one.

Waiting in line.

The peppers are on the front porch to keep them out of the frost just a little bit longer. 

While they were on the freezer porch we did not find any eggs in them.. and they were there all summer.

but the day we put them on the front porch we had hens fighting over them.

The result.

Thankfully all but two or three of my hens have been put into their winter pen (and the hard part.. stayed there!) after running loose all summer; scratching up cow patties and eating grass and bugs. So eggs on the front porch are no longer a daily thing.. I believe last nights -3C temps killed the peppers anyway. 

At least now I know what to do with the buckets of dirt :) Move them on into the chicken barn and let those girls lay in them all winter ;) 

Silly birds!!