Found the skin of another soft shelled egg in the coop this morning. I think one or more of the Reds are laying them in odd places, where they're getting trampled and eaten. I'm going to have to make the floor a safe place so they can get to the upper nest boxes (or even the one on the floor). Still pondering either a chicken tractor or what I am now calling The Homeworth Option.

(I don't think my wife wants me to have to butcher chickens, although I'm willing... she wants me to take them to Homeworth, where there's a place that does the deed for you and wraps them neatly in cellophane. Actually, I think it stems from her childhood on the farm where they ate a lot of chicken and they had to help pluck... she's still not a real fan of chicken, but doesn't mind the eggs. Kind of charming, I suppose. I guess I could take The Homeworth Option - processing is cheap, but the gas to and from would probablky negate any perceived savings of Raising Meat Chickens At Home. Something to think about, anyway.)