2 brown (2L)

swam usual.

3 brown (1S,2L)

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

Thursday 3 brown (1S,2L)

3 brown (1S,2L)

2 brown (2L)

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

4 brown (1S,3L)

Swam usual.

Saturday 2 brown (2L)

2 brown (1S,1L)

3 brown (1S,2L)

3 brown (1S,2L)

All three were laid before I opened the coop at 8:30.

The high production days last week were days with a 90+ degree temperature.

1 brown (1S)

4 brown (1S,3L)

Sunday 4 brown (2S,2L) + 1 brown cannibalized (1L)
Swam - was a bit late so only 33 laps (1650 yards)

3 brown (1S,2L) + 1 brown cannibalized (1L)
Friday 1 brown (1S)
Thursday 2 brown (1S,1L)
Wednesday 2 brown (1S,1L)
Tuesday 3 brown (1S,2L) + 1 brown cannibalized (1L)

2 brown (1S,1L)

Sunday 4 brown (1S,3L)

4 brown (1S,3L)

Friday 2 brown (1S,1L)

3 brown (1S,2L)

Wednesday 3 brown (1S,2L)

2 brown (1S,1L)

Monday 1 brown (1S)

2 brown (1S,1L)

Saturday
3 brown (1S,2L)

americauna is roosting in coop again. Still not finding eggs, I think it is likely she is laying outside the chicken yard, now to figure out where.

1 brown (1S)
It's raining this friday. At some point I may try to correlate weather, diurnal cycle to production. I've got a belief that summer light cycles are highest egg production season. I think the data exists to support this, just not in my flock.

Thursday 1 brown (1S) 1 brown cannibalized (1L)

Wednesday 2 brown (1L,1S)

Americauna has not been roosting in coop. She's in chicken yard in the morning. And she is likely hiding her eggs somewhere. She exhibited similar behavior during the November predation saga.

Chicks will arrive week of June 15.
3 americauna
6 RI red
3 silver laced wyandottes.

Flock will nominally be 18 hens going into next winter. 4 old (7+ year old), 2 year old, and 10 less than a year old. My guess is production should be about 4 per day from the new cohort, 2 per day combined older cohort. Culling stewing hens - the old RI red and wynadottes should happen finally. that would put spring 2010 flock at
4 americauna (1 7+ year old, 3 less than year)
7 RI red (1 year old, 4 less than year)
1 Barred rock (1 year old)
3 silver laced wyandottes (less than year)

13 hens. 2010 get 3 barred rock.

Attrition - losing 12 of 18 hens in one year is not a good attrition rate. securing coop and electric fencing seems to work - I need to have reliable care when I travel or it seems likely that travel will mean losing hens again.