Reply #25: Rooster not required

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but having one around will increase the hens production. Now that the days are longer again (length of light also affects them), we get about a dozen eggs a day. Years ago when we first got hens, I was afraid that we would just be throwing away eggs we didn't use. It was a pleasant surprise to find that we usually had more requests for fresh eggs than we had eggs to sell.

And man, do those hens mow down the bugs! Anything that moves in the yard, no matter how small, gets their attention. Even snakes aren't safe from a flock of hens. I've seen them slurp up snakes like spaghetti.