Monday, March 30, 2009

1 green, 4 brown (1 small, 3 large)

4 green, 27 brown past week
2 green, 11 brown past 3 days.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

1 green, 3 brown.
4 green, 27 brown past week
2 green, 12 brown past 3 days.

swam usual.

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.

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.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

5 brown
4 green, 27 brown past week
1 green, 11 brown past 3 days.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

1 green, 4 brown
4 green 25 brown past week
2 green, 10 brown past 3 days.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

2 brown
4 green, 24 brown past week
1 green, 10 brown past 3 days.

Monday 1 green, 4 brown
4 green, 26 brown past week
2 green, 13 brown past 3 days.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

3 brown, 1 brown cannibalized.
3 green, 26 brown past week
2 green, 12 brown past 3 days.

The juvenile rhode island red was out of the yard again. Still no sign of eggs outside of the yard.

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.

Friday, March 20, 2009

1 green, 3 brown
3 green, 26 brown past week
2 green, 9 brown past 3 days.

Thursday 2 brown, 1 brown cannibalized
2 green, 26 brown past week.
1 green, 10 brown past 3 days.
(suspect 1 brown missing - hen that has been laying out of the chicken run was out, no eggs found)

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

1 green, 1 brown + 2 brown cannibalized
2 green, 27 brown past week.
1 green, 11 brown past 3 days.

Tuesday
2 brown + 2 brown cannibalized.

2 green, 26 brown past week
12 brown past 3 days.

Monday, March 16, 2009

3 brown + 1 brown cannibalized.
2 green, 27 brown past week.
1 green, 12 brown past 3 days.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

4 brown.
2 green, 27 brown past week.
1 green, 12 brown past 3 days.

past few days have been pretty consistent on number of brown eggs in a 3 day period - 12 brown eggs.

Swam usual.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

1 green cannibalized, 4 brown
3 green, 26 brown past week
1 green 12 brown past 3 days.

Friday 4 brown
2 green, 25 brown past week
1 green, 12 brown past 3 days.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

4 brown
2 green, 26 brown past week
1 green, 11 brown past 3 days.

Wednesday 1 green, 4 brown
2 green 29 brown past week
1 green, 11 brown past 3 days.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

3 brown
1 green 28 brown past week
1 green 10 brown past 3 days.

Monday 4 brown
1 green, 31 brown past week
1 green 10 brown past 3 days.

Sunday, March 08, 2009

1 green 3 brown.

1 green 30 brown past week.
1 green 11 brown past 3 days.

Swam usual.

Saturday, March 07, 2009

3 brown
33 brown past week
15 brown past 3 days.

Found 3 hidden green eggs - americauna has been escaping the chicken yard, laying eggs under a roof in screened in porch area. Sneaky little hen!

Friday 5 brown
31 brown past week
15 brown past 3 days.

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.

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

5 brown + 1 brown cannibalized.

27 brown past week
15 brown past 3 days.

Monday, March 02, 2009

3 brown (updated - one egg was laid outside the coop - and subsequently cannabilized)
22 brown past week.
10 brown past 3 days.

Sunday 6 brown
22 brown past week
11 brown past 3 days.

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