Almost certainly because you have two laying hens rather than a pair!
They also manage a flock of 20 free-range, laying hens.
It was one of the many laying hens that nested in the barn.
The proposed regulations would apply only to those farms with more than 3,000 laying hens.
The number of laying hens was down 3 percent in September, compared with last year, the department said in its monthly report.
The company has over 180,000 laying hens putting out a daily production of 144,000 eggs.
The regulations apply to eggs from laying hens sold for human consumption.
In the case of laying hens, over 25% of their feed is produced on the farm.
We should of course in the long term ban battery cages for laying hens.
What if she chose a young man with 20,000 laying hens?