1 green, 4 brown (1 small, 3 large)
4 green, 27 brown past week
2 green, 11 brown past 3 days.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
5 brown
3 green, 28 brown past week
1 green, 14 brown past 3 days.
Full production is one hen lays one egg every day and a half. So in 3 days I should expect 2 eggs from half the hens, and 1 egg from the other half. So 12 eggs in a 3 day cycle is close to full production. It looks like all the hens are laying.
3 green, 28 brown past week
1 green, 14 brown past 3 days.
Full production is one hen lays one egg every day and a half. So in 3 days I should expect 2 eggs from half the hens, and 1 egg from the other half. So 12 eggs in a 3 day cycle is close to full production. It looks like all the hens are laying.
Friday, March 27, 2009
1 green, 4 brown.
4 green, 28 brown past week
2 green, 13 brown past 3 days.
Americauna seems to be producing an egg every other day again. She's consistently laying behind the feed bin along with 2 other hens.
28 brown eggs in a week suggests 3.5 eggs per hen each week. Full production should be 4-5 eggs per hen (americauna has laid 4 eggs in the past week every day this week beginning on Monday).
I'm going to assume the young cohort (4 hens) is laying 4+ eggs per week - call it 18 eggs. That means the other 4 old hens are laying 6-10 eggs between them, or 1.5 - 2.5 eggs per week. Given 7 brown eggs on March 5 there must be at least 3 older hens laying.
It will be interesting to watch production as spring turns to summer. I should do a count of my eggs on hand to get a large/medium breakdown. Will post on this later.
4 green, 28 brown past week
2 green, 13 brown past 3 days.
Americauna seems to be producing an egg every other day again. She's consistently laying behind the feed bin along with 2 other hens.
28 brown eggs in a week suggests 3.5 eggs per hen each week. Full production should be 4-5 eggs per hen (americauna has laid 4 eggs in the past week every day this week beginning on Monday).
I'm going to assume the young cohort (4 hens) is laying 4+ eggs per week - call it 18 eggs. That means the other 4 old hens are laying 6-10 eggs between them, or 1.5 - 2.5 eggs per week. Given 7 brown eggs on March 5 there must be at least 3 older hens laying.
It will be interesting to watch production as spring turns to summer. I should do a count of my eggs on hand to get a large/medium breakdown. Will post on this later.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
1 green, 5 brown.
3 green, 26 brown past week.
2 green, 11 brown past 3 days.
I'm confused with what the one juvenile rhode island red is doing outside of of the run. She had been laying while she was out. Earlier this week she laid an egg which was cannibalized (or eaten by another animal - rodent, stellar jay). She's been outside the run on days that she would be laying, but I've not found any eggs fro the past two days she's been out (Thursday and today). I've done more than a cursory search for a clutch of eggs, so far I've not found any. Monday I'll try to catch her brooding during the day.
3 green, 26 brown past week.
2 green, 11 brown past 3 days.
I'm confused with what the one juvenile rhode island red is doing outside of of the run. She had been laying while she was out. Earlier this week she laid an egg which was cannibalized (or eaten by another animal - rodent, stellar jay). She's been outside the run on days that she would be laying, but I've not found any eggs fro the past two days she's been out (Thursday and today). I've done more than a cursory search for a clutch of eggs, so far I've not found any. Monday I'll try to catch her brooding during the day.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Thursday, March 05, 2009
7 brown
30 brown past week
19 brown past 3 days.
no eggs from Americauna since Feb 11. That's over 3 weeks since she's laid an egg that I've found, and while she has laid outside the chicken yard before I've not been seeing her outside the yard recently. She probably will be laying again this year, don't know if she'll have regular production again.
Wednesday 2 brown + 1 brown cannibalized
25 brown past week
12 brown past 3 days.
30 brown past week
19 brown past 3 days.
no eggs from Americauna since Feb 11. That's over 3 weeks since she's laid an egg that I've found, and while she has laid outside the chicken yard before I've not been seeing her outside the yard recently. She probably will be laying again this year, don't know if she'll have regular production again.
Wednesday 2 brown + 1 brown cannibalized
25 brown past week
12 brown past 3 days.
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