In case you've ever wondered if keeping chickens is awesome...

Our hens slowed their egg production waaaay down this fall as the light decreased and many of them were molting. We were averaging an egg a day. But now that we are past solstice they are back to laying with a vengeance. It's been months since I've seen any of the pale blue eggs our Araucanas lay, but this past week there they were in the nest. They tend to be long eggs anyway, but one of them looked just like a torpedo, it was so long and thin.

And then there was this brown beauty. 

Our hens lay pretty large eggs, and I just had to pair this one with a store bought egg for comparison. The white egg on the left is a "large" egg from an organic free range hen.

The eggs speak for themselves.

It doesn't even come close to fitting in a large sized egg carton.

In a jumbo carton, it at least fits in the egg compartment, but you can't close the lid! Yeah, I'd say there are definite benefits to chicken husbandry.