Secret Nest

We were experiencing a lull in egg collections.

All the normal egg laying spots remained almost empty for days.

So I did some snooping, and finally one afternoon I found it.

The secret nest.

Twenty-five eggs coated in a slight film of dirt.

Laid faithfully between one wall of the compost bin

and the soft edge of an old curtain.

A lovely spot to lay one...an egg that is.

IF, of course, you are a chicken.As I type this post,

I can hear loud clucks coming from the chicken run.

No doubt it is a hen boasting about her current egg creation,

Possibly laid in this very spot.