December 27

 

Production started before the solstice - I collected 3 white eggs on December 20, and an egg every other day since then. On December 24 I collected first green egg; have been getting a white and a green since then.

I've collected 8 white eggs and 3 green eggs so far. My guess is December 17 for first one.

The pre-Solstice production was quite a surprise. I should get back to recording production. I suspect the other white layer and the other green layers will be coming on early in 2025.

Depending on my travel in 2025 I may get chicks. Flock will be 5 years old or more this summer,  getting 3 kinds of brown layers (5 total), 2 white layers, and 2 green layers, plus meat birds to get to minimum shipment.

2 roosters will be slaughtered this spring if it looks like I am doing a chick order.

I should build a new (redwood) coop with automatic door before any order.

 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 in that it happened during daylight hours.

Thinking about a chick order for May 20.

3 white layers: W.C. Black Polish, White Leghorn, Star Spangled Hamburg
5 brown: Buff Orpington, 2 Rhode Island Red, 2 Barred Rock
2 green: Americauna

and 5 meat birds (orders with less than 15 chicks have a $35 surcharge for the heat pack needed - so the meat birds are essentially free, as well as two of the layers).

 March 3

1 white, 1 brown, 2 green

brown egg every other day for the past week. I'll try to do daily posting through the equinox, may hold on until I have a 6 egg day more than once. So far 4 is the max.

January 21

1 green

January 20

1 white, 1 green

January 19

1 white, 2 green

January 18

no eggs

January 17

1 white, 2 green

January 16

1 white

...

Started getting white eggs early in the month. 2 Americaunas began laying on the 17th.

Likely getting at least 1 egg per day going forward.