How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[subhanalah]

I look at it this way;  it's all either part of the chicken or part of the egg. 
I eat both chicken and eggs, so.....
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that's what I was going to say "it's all made of chicken" lol.

 

[tntchix]

2/2

 

[dharmasister]

DH and I left on vacation 5 days ago leaving our 24 year old daughter to look after the chickens. Before leaving my Leghorn, Lilly, had been laying an egg a day consistently for the past three weeks. DD reports this morning that she has only gotten one egg since we left. I'm sure its because she does not go out and turn the light on in the morning. How long will it be before she gets back on track after we return home in a week? Also, should I increase their supplemental light gradually?

On a humorous note, my DD's fiancé has been helping her with the chicken chores, until my Peachick pecked at him. Now he's afraid to go back in the coop! This is the vicious chick that pecked him......


Lol!!!

 

[Renee572]

DH and I left on vacation 5 days ago leaving our 24 year old daughter to look after the chickens. Before leaving my Leghorn, Lilly, had been laying an egg a day consistently for the past three weeks. DD reports this morning that she has only gotten one egg since we left. I'm sure its because she does not go out and turn the light on in the morning. How long will it be before she gets back on track after we return home in a week? Also, should I increase their supplemental light gradually? On a humorous note, my DD's fiancé has been helping her with the chicken chores, until my Peachick pecked at him. Now he's afraid to go back in the coop! This is the vicious chick that pecked him...... Lol!!!

Aww who could be afraid of that cutie. I just recently admitted to my hubby that before we got chickens bigger birds in general kinda made me nervous but then we got chicks and I love my girls. I think had we got them as adults I may not have liked them as well but watching them grow from cute little chicks to beautiful girls has been so much fun.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

DH and I left on vacation 5 days ago leaving our 24 year old daughter to look after the chickens. Before leaving my Leghorn, Lilly, had been laying an egg a day consistently for the past three weeks. DD reports this morning that she has only gotten one egg since we left. I'm sure its because she does not go out and turn the light on in the morning. How long will it be before she gets back on track after we return home in a week? Also, should I increase their supplemental light gradually?

On a humorous note, my DD's fiancé has been helping her with the chicken chores, until my Peachick pecked at him. Now he's afraid to go back in the coop! This is the vicious chick that pecked him......


Lol!!!

Are your birds confined indoors? I only ask because of the reference to your lighting concern, and at this point in the year the natural daylight is still sufficient to stimulate laying - provided the birds have the access to it (via windows or outdoor access).

 

[dharmasister]

Right now they are. We are working on getting their run built. Right now they are all cooped up, lol!! Its very shady in our yard and their coop is built out of an old tool shed, so there is not a lot of light getting in.

 

[Liddy]

I have been finding 3/18 for 2 weeks and the last three days have had another pullet come forward so at just over 17 weeks it's 4/18.

Color me happy!

 

[MickeysChicks]

Hanging out at 7/14 5brown,2white

 

[ShinShien]

4/15

guess they're getting back at me for making that 5/15 for 3 days in a row comment yesterday.

 

[HanwellChickens]

5 out of 15 hens