Why did the chickens stop laying?  Sounds like a bad joke, but it’s a real issue for Cam and Miss E.  Is it heat?  Mites?  Intra-flock personality conflicts in the coop?  Fellow fowl-raisers from around the country are offering tips for our hosts.  Meanwhile, the pair are celebrating the first tomatoes and peppers of the year, the first rainfall in weeks, and their 20th wedding anniversary on this week’s 40 Acres and a Fool.