Hidden eggs

I complained that our heirloom breeds had stopped laying in December, but now I'm not so sure.  Mark had put a shelter out in the woods when we added our sussex to the main flock since the younger birds were getting picked on and weren't always going in the coop at night.  Last week, we took a peek inside the now-unused shelter and found...eight eggs!!

The eggs all passed the float test (and didn't have any cracks from being frozen solid), so I suspect they're a week or less old.  They all look like australorp eggs too, which would hint at that breed being better at winter laying than the cuckoo marans.

We'll keep an eye on this supplemental nest box for now, but I'm pondering whether the shelter wouldn't work as a broody hen nesting area for the spring.  It clearly passed the test as a nest box.

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