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.

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