Monday, May 28, 2018

May 29

1 green, 3 brown

May 28
1 green, 2 brown

May 27
1 green, 1 brown

Sunday, May 13, 2018

May 13

2 brown + 1 green cannibalized

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.

Monday, May 07, 2018

Sunday, May 06, 2018

May 6

1 green, 1 brown

May 5
1 green cannibalized

May 4
1 green, 1 brown

Thursday, May 03, 2018

  December 27   Production started before the solstice - I collected 3 white eggs on December 20, and an egg every other day since then. On ...