Gotta share.
Day 4 on the smallholding. I have done a washing. Went to the porch to use the Tumble Dryer. This is what happened next.
You gotta laugh!
Last photo, Porch door has to be left open a crack to allow the cat in and out, (he is a farm cat and not allowed in to the main house) but also to keep chickens out.
This chicken saw cats bed as an ideal nest to lay 2 eggs!
Epic fail. (By me).
for anyone who cannot view the video, I tried shooing her out of cats bed vocally, then by shaking the bed gently, in the end I shook too hard - and lost one of the special “delivery straight to the door”, eggs!
with egg prices these days, that’s gold!!!
and it has happened again, different chicken.
I heard a lot of cluck cluck clucking coming from garage/shed open ended barn. Another hen who doesnt fancy laying her eggs in designated spot. Her name is Midnight. (Just messaged the owners)
This is just over 5ft up. So I kept checking periodically to see how things were progressing.
A waiting game.
Would I need to use a ladder to collect the egg once finished? Popped out just now. Took a photo. More than one egg.
How do I get them down?
Well she was kind enough to lay them on top of some nylon netting, so with some gentle wiggling and shaking, I got them all down intact. I could have had egg on my face…and head…and shoulders.
7 eggs!!!
Wow. Clever girl.
Another place to check each day…
the cat is my 2nd in command, he is there to help with everything.
Such generous hens! It tickles me that they’re choosing such random places to lay their eggs 
