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May 12
1 green, 1 brown
May 11
2 brown + 1 green cannibalized
May 10
??
Ordered chicks on May 12:
3 white leghorns (white layers)
2 Whiting true blue (blue layers)
2 black star (brown layers)
2 Delaware (brown layers)
6 cornish X (meat)
exotic ???
Chicks arrive week of June 4.
laying starts between Thanksgiving and end of year
current flock:
2 rhode island red (brown)
1 black star (brown)
2 americauna (green)
end of year flock:
3 white
2 blue
7 brown
2 green
14 layers. full production should be 6 dozen+ eggs per week. Give away 3 dozen, 2 quiche or other custards per week.
no new chicks in 2019 - assess production in fall 2019 to decide on 2020 changes.
May 11
2 brown + 1 green cannibalized
May 10
??
Ordered chicks on May 12:
3 white leghorns (white layers)
2 Whiting true blue (blue layers)
2 black star (brown layers)
2 Delaware (brown layers)
6 cornish X (meat)
exotic ???
Chicks arrive week of June 4.
laying starts between Thanksgiving and end of year
current flock:
2 rhode island red (brown)
1 black star (brown)
2 americauna (green)
end of year flock:
3 white
2 blue
7 brown
2 green
14 layers. full production should be 6 dozen+ eggs per week. Give away 3 dozen, 2 quiche or other custards per week.
no new chicks in 2019 - assess production in fall 2019 to decide on 2020 changes.
Monday, May 07, 2018
Sunday, May 06, 2018
Thursday, May 03, 2018
Tuesday, May 01, 2018
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April 10 2 White, 2 Green 3 day: 4W, 2B, 6G 7 day: 9W, 4B, 13G 21 day: 29W, 10B, 42G (6 dozen + 8 in 3 weeks) 28 day: 38W, 14B, 56G W:2,0,2,...
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Egg production for 7/11 - 4 brown eggs, 0 green eggs (americauna hens lay green eggs, really). More likely later in the day. Picture of coop...
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1 green, 4 brown W: 1,0,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,0 G:1,2,2,1,2,0,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1 B:2,4,7,4,4,6,4,3,4,4,5,4,3,5,3...
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Production has been pretty good - 4-6 eggs a day. Lost the Rhode Island Red hen today to a skunk. I hope this is a one off, it was strange...