Florrie's feat

Bantam lays two eggs a week in December

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Egg laying usually seems to pick up as soon as we have had the shortest day. I actually managed to get quite a few eggs at the end of December. Amazingly Florrie is laying a few eggs – about two eggs a week, which is unusual because bantams don’t tend to lay in the winter. She must be about five years old which makes it all the more extraordinary. I think because she had two broods last year and subsequently spent some time out of lay, this means she has the possibility of more eggs i