Chickens on vacation

Fall is here, and egg production has gone on hiatus at the Gilden-Holmes Chicken Farm. The girls may be molting - it's hard to tell, at least for me - which further reduces their egg production. Lately we've been getting one egg every other day, which is kind of pathetic, though normal. I had to actually buy eggs the other day. Actually, I asked Jeff to buy them, and he got some sort of off-brand factory eggs that had pale yolks and runny whites. It was a stark contrast to the firm orange gems we get. I could light up the coop at night to increase the girls' output, but that also appears to decrease their life span. So I will have to buy eggs during the winter, I guess, and keep the chickens longer. Apparently we should be getting more eggs again in February or March.