Sunday, February 28, 2010

1 green (1S) 4 brown (2S,2L)

3 day total: 4 green (3S,1L) 12 brown (6S,6L)
7 day total: 9 green (6S,3L), 31 brown (20S,11L)

Saturday, February 27, 2010

3 green (2S,1L) 5 brown (3S,2L)

3 day total: 5 green (3S,2L) 13 brown (8S,5L)
7 day total: 11 green (7S,4L), 33 brown (22S,11L)

small egg ratios 3 day: 3:8, 7 day 7:22
large egg ratios 2:5 4:11

daily production for past week:
Sun 3G,6B Mon 1G,3B Tues 1G,6B Weds 1G,5B Thurs 2G,5B Fri 0G,3B Sat 3G,5B
Green 3,1,1,1,2,0,3 = 11
Brown 6,3,6,5,5,3,5 = 33
Total 9,4,7,6,7,3,8 = 44

Friday, February 26, 2010

3 brown (1S,2L)

3 day total: 3 green (2S,1L), 13 brown (9S,4L)
7 day total: 8 green (5S,3L), 32 brown (22S,10L)

It occurs to me that I should be looking at production as 4 green egg layers, 11 brown egg layers - so roughly 3 brown eggs per green egg.
3:13 is close (3 day total) ... (7 day total) 8:32 is showing green layers are not up to brown layer's productivity on a weekly basis

1 large green layer, 4 large brown layers: Large egg ratio is 1:4
3 small green layers, 7 small brown layers: Small egg ratio is 3:7 1:2+1/3

3:10 L, 5:22 S is past week ratios. small green egg layers are behind small brown... production is about half what brown layers are doing. large Egg ratio looks good, Americauna may be over producing the brown layers (RIR and SLW)

2:9, 1:4... large egg ratio for past 3 days is on target...

Thursday, February 25, 2010

2 green (1S,1L), 5 brown (4S,1L)
3 day total: 4 green (2S,2L), 16 brown (12S,4L)
7 day total: 11 green (4S,4L), 32 brown (23S,9L)

bought scratch $10.99

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

1 green (1S), 5 brown (4S,1L)

Expecting more green eggs today.
So far no more green eggs. 3 more brown eggs since initial post.

3 day total: 3 green (2S,1L), 14 brown (10S,4L)
7 day total: 10 green (7S,3L), 29 brown (21S,8L)

The brown layers are doing well - 11 brown eggs in past 2 days. Americaunas... well I think the pullets are still coming into production... Weekly production seems to be 10/11 green eggs, from 4 hens. 29 eggs from 11 brown layers... that's shy of 3 eggs per hen per week. At full production each hen should lay 4-6 eggs per week.

Here's what I wrote on january 9 about production:
Full Production (should happen March/April time frame):
6 small brown layers - 36 hour cycle -> 24 eggs/6 days
3 small green layers - 36 hour cycle -> 12 eggs/6 days
2 medium brown layers - 36 hour cycle -> 8 eggs/6 days
4 large brown layers - ?? cycle - 48 hours? 12 eggs/6 days
1 large green layer ??

Should be on the order of 44 brown eggs and 12 green eggs per week. call it 5 dozen eggs per week.

Past week I had 21 small brown eggs (full production is 27+) and 8 Large ...
7 small green, 3 large green.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

1 green (1L), 6 brown (4S,2L)

3 day total: 5 green (3S,2L), 15 brown (10S,5L)
7 day total: 11 green (7S,4L) , 27 brown (20S,7L)

Monday, February 22, 2010

1 green (1S), 3 brown (2S,1L)
3 day total: 4 green (3S,1L), 13 brown (9S,4L)
7 day total: 11 green (8S,3L), 26 brown (20S,6L)

3 dozen eggs+ in past week.

clipping wings today, some of the younger hens are roaming.
Think I got all of them - rooster was making a lot of noise because his hens were being disturbed.

Friday, February 19, 2010

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

Bought 50# lay pellets and 5# flax seed $19.93.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

1 green (1S), 5 brown (4S,1L)

This marks 3 small green eggs and 6 small brown eggs in 2 days. Which means all of the June 2009 cohort are laying, albeit maybe not at full bore.

Monday, February 15, 2010

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

Sunday 1 brown (1L) + 1 brown cannibalized (1S)

Saturday, February 13, 2010

1 green (1S), 4 brown (3S,1L)

Friday 1 green (1S) 3 brown (2S,1L)

Friday, February 05, 2010

Thursday, February 04, 2010

1 green (1S)

Looks like brown egg production/lack of production switched days.

Monday, February 01, 2010

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