We forgot to close the coop last night and this morning we realized that one of our laying hens went MIA. I'm thinking a pesky Raccoon or something got her. What a bummer. Now we're down to eight layers; we need at least 11 or 12 layers to keep our family stocked with eggs (we eat tons of eggs). I'm thinking I'm going to buy four or five more laying hens from a friend of ours who's selling them for $5 each (a very good price). I'll probably do that this week.

I hate waking up in the morning and realizing we've lost an animal, but that's life on a farm I guess. We're getting used to it.