2 brown (1L,1S) one brown cannibalized (1L)

2 brown (1L,1S)

Sunday 3 brown (2L,1S)

swam usual

3 brown (2L,1S)

2 brown (1L,1S)

4 brown (2S,2L)

Running totals will resume on Monday 4/27.
Americauna was not in coop Wednesday night - she was on the roof of coop Thursday morning. It seems likely she is hiding her eggs or is not laying due to the recent predation.

Wednesday 1 brown (1L)
Americauna was not in coop Tuesday night - she was on the roof of coop Wednesday morning.

4 brown (2S,2L)

Americauna was not in the coop when I buttoned it up. I'm mildly concerned, have a feeling she's on the roof, she has a history of GTFO when there's predation.

I was out of town from Thursday through Monday. My neighbors were feeding, watering the hens.

Three hens were killed during the 4 days. I'm not certain if the coop was buttoned up at night - I do know the electric fencing was not used. I had a repair to do on the fence and it was active Monday night. There was evidence of a marauder last night, some eggs were eaten in the chicken yard and they hadn't been when I buttoned up the coop.

Time to take measures again and set the trap.

Interesting. I asked my neighbor about it and they tried to tell me I shouldn't keep chickens because it is drawing skunks. Now this is a fairly rural area in california and I have friends up and down the valley, all of whom have had problems with skunks at times. I really think that they are being defensive - excusing the dead hens on their watch by saying the hens are the problem. given I've been trouble free for 5 months I'm not buying it. I forgive them for the loss, they just weren't competent to button up the coop properly and shit happened.

So flock is currently 6 hens:
Americauna
2 Silver laced wyandottes
1 RI Red (old)
1 RI Red (young)
1 barred rock (young)

1 green egg layer, 3 old brown layers, 2 young brown layers.

3 brown (2S,1L) 1 brown cannibalized (1L)

3 brown (2s,1L)

1 green, 5 brown (3S,2L)
5 green, 33 brown past week (18S,15L)
2 green, 14 brown past 3 days (7S,7L)

1 green, 5 brown (3S,2L)
4 green, 29 brown past week (19S,14L)
2 green, 13 brown past 3 days (7S,6L)
Swam usual.

4 brown (1S,3L)
4 green, 31 brown past week (17S,14L)
1 green, 11 brown past 3 days (6S,5L).

Since I've been tracking size of brown eggs this is the distribution of 3 day production:
(6S,5L) Sa
(8S,5L) F
(8S,7L) Th
(8S,7L) W
(8S,6L) Tu
(8S,4L) M
(8S,4L) Su
(7S,4L) Sa
(5S,4L) F
(5S,4L) Th
(4S,5L) W

Small eggs daily 3 day production totals {4,5,5,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,6}
Large eggs daily 3 day production totals {5,4,4,4,4,4,6,7,7,5,5}

ascending order:
Small eggs {4,5,5,6,7,8,8,8,8,8,8}
Large eggs {4,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,6,7,7}

Small egg production has been increasing over the 11 days for which I have 3 day running totals. Large egg production is noisier, although it does appear to be trending up. Maximum production figures over 3 days suggests that all 4 birds in both cohorts are laying.

1 green, 4 brown (3S,1L)
5 green, 31 brown past week (19S,12L)
2 green, 13 brown past 3 days (8S,5L)

Thursday 3 brown (2S,1L)
4 green, 28 brown past week (18S,12L)
2 green, 15 brown past 3 days (8S,7L)

1 green, 5 brown (3S,2L) + 1 brown cannibalized (1L)
5 green, 31 brown past week (18S,13L)
2 green, 13 brown past 3 days (8S,7L)

1 green, 6 brown (3S,3L)
5 green, 27 brown past week (16S,11L)
2 green, 14 brown past 3 days (8S,6L)

3 brown (2S,1L)
4 green, 24 brown past week (15S,9L)
2 green, 12 brown past 3 days (8S,4L)

1 green, 4 brown (3S,1L) 1 brown cannibalized (1L)
5 green, 25 brown past week (14S,11L)
2 green, 12 brown past 3 days (8S,4L)

swam usual

1 green, 4 brown (3S,1L)
5 green, 23 brown past week
2 green, 11 brown past 3 days (7S,4L)

3 brown (2S,1L)
4 green, 24 brown past week
2 green, 9 brown past 3 days (5S,4L)

1 green, 3 brown (2S,1L), 1 brown cannibalized (L)
5 green, 25 brown past week
2 green, 9 brown past 3 days (5S,4L)


So I decided to track brown eggs by size going forward. I think I'll see that all the old hens are laying, just not at full production.

Earlier I looked at the weekly production data, arbitrarily said the young hens are producing 18 eggs per week (4.5 per hen) so old hen production is 6-10 eggs per week or 1.5-2.5 eggs per hen per week. That would put the older hens laying cycle at 2 days 19 hours to 4 days 16 hours.

1 green, 2 brown (1L,1S)
4 green, 26 brown past week
2 green, 9 brown past 3 days (4S,5L)

Tuesday 3 brown (1L,2S)
4 green, 28 brown past week
2 green, 10 brown past 3 days.