This was simply because the hens had laid so well.

A new record was set when a hen laid 364 eggs in 365 days.

You saw the egg the hen laid a while ago.

There's no such thing as getting by on the milk check and what the hens can lay you.

The next day the question about whether the remaining hens would lay again was resolved.

An escaped hen who had just laid two more eggs.

And since hens lay eggs, there's not a lot of repeat business.

Hens lay a clutch of 10-14 eggs, usually one per day.

The hen lays four or five eggs, on successive days.

Within 30 days each hen lays about 60 eggs, which hatch around the first week of July.