Looking out the window, my eight happy hens are pecking around in their pen. Even though it is the middle of winter, it feels like midsummer with all of the warm weather. That means a lot of eggs are coming from that coop! The birds lay about 5 eggs a day, and are all sorts of colors and sizes. A few of these hens, the ones that I have kept for a while, have names. My favorite bird is a Black Cochin named Molly. She has hatched out a few broods of baby chicks.