Our layers are a different kind of chicken than the broilers.  They’re fast, friendly and like light-weight boxers.  Beware the bug who wanders into their steely-eyed sight!  As pullets (young hens just beginning to lay), they lay smaller eggs with the brightest of golden yolks.  As they get older, their eggs get bigger.  Always out on pasture, they roam their large enclosed pen which gets moved to fresh pastures as they need it.  They usually lay in the morning, then spend the rest of their time hunting and grazing.  Friendly, they’ll hop up on your lap if you sit  in amidst them.  We’ve had them walking up our leg to sit on our lap if we’re sitting in a chair and look us in the eye.