Jolly Family

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. We set to work to (figure out how many more eggs there would be if all the hens laid eggs instead of hatching chickens. It takes twenty one days for a brood-hen to hatch chickens, and if you count the time she spends looking after them when they're hatched you find that it takes about three months before she starts laying again.