2 brown

Friday 1 brown.

No losses after raccoon transported.

Thursday 2 brown

Lost a juvenile barred rock overnight - most of thigh meat was missing, body was eviscerated. Some meat still on breast. Flock is currently 16? birds.
2 americauna
2? barred rock juveniles
1 old barred rock
5 Rhode Island Red juveniles
2 old RI Red
2 lace wing wyandotte
1 golden sexlink

Trap baited for raccoon will be set for the next few days. I'm hoping that a raccoon is the culprit. Caught raccoon first night I set trap.

2009 juvenile flock additions:
3 americauna
3 brown egg layers - golden laced wyandottes? Buttercups?

2009 Year old flock of 5 RI Red, 3 Barred Rock. Egg production in summer 2009 should be about 2 dozen every 4 days. 2010 production would bring it to 2 dozen every 3 days.

2010 additions - 3 brown egg layers. 2011 begin replacing RI Red and Barred Rock.

2 waves of meat birds - Cornish X Rock 8-10 birds 4 weeks apart. Will be thinking about other meat fowl.

Thanksgiving has me thinking about raising a couple of turkeys. Which has me thinking about space needs for my various flocks.

Right now I have 17 chickens plus 2 ducks in a side yard. Ducks should be slaughtered, but so far I haven't done so, and there is something to be said to have one as a sentinel to deter raccoons.

Larger fowl take space. Looking at hatchery catalogs ... 15 bird minimum - there's a combination package of 2 goslings, 7 ducklings and 7 turkeys available... I'd want to raise them for 10-17 weeks. Keep 2 goslings, 4 ducklings 3 turkeys, see if I can recoup some feed and cost by selling 4 turkeys and 3 ducklings. so 9 birds... +16 chickens for meat.

I'd keep a female duck for eggs, possibly two... existing ducks would be sausage/gumbo. Both geese cooked. 2 turkeys in freezer or on table for thanksgiving.

No egg collection today - no eggs as of 2:00 PM, didn't go out to check after dark.

3 brown at least 1 laid Monday.

2 brown.

Visited with my sister linda for a while, picked her up in SF, drove down coast to Moss Beach, had lunch at distillery there.

2 brown.

swam.

5 brown

Was out of town Monday through Thursday, neighbor collected at least 2 eggs during this time.

Monday 3 brown collected before travel.

Saturday 5 brown. One may be older, was under straw and could have been missed.
Swam Saturday.

Friday didn't collect eggs.
Thursday 1 brown
Wednesday zero.

2 brown.

Monday 2 brown
Sunday 1 brown

Looks like the seasonal production fall off is in effect. Stewing hens in December/January. Still have quite a few frozen spring chickens.

3 brown, 1 small
Friday 2 small brown
Thursday 3 brown, 1 small
Wednesday 2 brown

2 brown

Was out of town again for my mother's Memorial service... 9 eggs collected by neighbors, 7 eggs there Monday morning when I checked and 2 additional eggs at the end of the day.