[Sca-cooks] newbee planning feast in winter, blog

[Terry Decker]

Good to know.  My grandfather's chickens slowed, but didn't usually stop 
laying in winter (Central Ohio), but that is a vague memory and my most 
recent experiences are with factory farms that fake sunlight.

Elisande is in the Shire of Drei Eichen which is West Central Germany, 
specifically the Ko:ln-Aachen region of North Rhine Westphalia.  From 
reading the blog, it looks as if the feast is a generic late winter feast 
that uses what's left in the larder.  Whether there were eggs would probably 
be contingent on just how bad the winter had been.

Bear

> Re: egg production...
>
> Here in the PacNW its common for hens to slow or even stop during the
> winter. This is tied to daylight hours. In the winter our days are pretty
> short!
>
> Depending on WHERE you're trying to re-create (italy? Vs scandahoovia?) it
> makes perfect sense that eggs would be much less common in the winter than
> in other seasons...
>
> Or so it is in our neck of the woods (literally :))
>
> --Anne-Marie
>
> Chickens would nest in the hay and provide eggs for the winter.  It is my
> understanding that egg production slows in winter, but doesn't stop unless
> the hens experience significant hardship.
>
> Bearr