MY HENS LAY FOUR EGGS A DAY

AS SOMEONE who keeps hens at my home near Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, I enjoy fresh eggs nearly every day. As a result, I save time and money on going to the shops. My brood comprises three Cream Legbar cross-breeds and a couple of Silkie hens. They lay on average four eggs a day at this time of the year, but for as long as four months over winter, they stop laying. My total egg savings works out at £300 a year. But I derive much pleasure from them, too. An early morning visit to the hen house in the garden to feed them is the perfect antidote to the stresses of modern life. And so far, the foxes have stayed away.