This is my attempt at keep a record book of my chickens egg laying cycles like if she lays for 5 days straight and takes a 1 day break and starts over again, I want to know who lays when what the egg looks like (big or small, light or dark) and how many egg I get each day, week, and month, I will also put when someone goes broody, is she is hatching any eggs, and what the hatch rate is. I will also say what season it is (spring, summer, fall, or winter) and what the weather is like (hot, cold, sunny, cloudy or rainy)...I think it will be fun to see who the best layer is and what everyone cycle is and if the weather affects their cycle.
July 5th ----- 1st egg today! They were 16 weeks old yesterday
Daily Egg Total ---- 1
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1
Weather ---- Partly cloudy and rained a very small amount later that day.
Temp. ---- High 104 F. Low 74 F.
Egg Description ---- very small (1 3/4 in. long) med. brown egg
Time of Day When Laid ---- sometime between 12:00 pm and 1:00pm
July 6th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 1
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1
Weather ---- Partly Cloudy
Temp. ---- High 102 F. Low 75 F.
Egg Description ---- good size egg about the size of a med. size store bought egg. Light brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- 9:50 am
July 7th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link # 1 and 2
Weather ---- Mostly sunny a few scattered clouds
Temp. ---- High 104 F. Low 74 F.
Egg Description ---- Red sex link #1 very small much like her first egg just a bit bigger med. brown in color Red Sex-Link #2 very small a tiny bit smaller than Red Sex-Link #1's first egg med. brown also
Time of day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 11:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 2:30 pm
July 8th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Partly Cloudy
Temp. ---- High 104 F. Low 74 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex link #1 very small med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 very small light brown soft shelled egg...I guess it is time to feed them layer feed.
Time of day when laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 12:00 pm Red Sex-Link #2 11:50 am
July 9th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---Mostly Cloudy
Temp. ---- High 90 F. Low 71 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 very small med./light brown Red Sex-Link #2 very small med. brown.
Time Of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:50 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:00 am
July 10th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link # 1 and 2
Weather ---- Mostly Cloudy with a few showers
Temp.---- High 85 F. Low 71 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Small med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 Small a bit larger than #1's Egg med./light brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:20 am Red Sex-Link #2 12:40 pm.
July 11th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Mostly Cloudy Sprinkled a bit in the AM
Temp. ---- High 85 F. Low 70 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Small/med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 small/med. med. brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 9:00 am Red Sex-Link #2 3:40 pm
July 12th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 1
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1
Weather ---- Rainy all day
Temp. ---- High 74 F. Low 69 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Small/med. brown...it was a really pretty egg..UNTIL I DROPPED IT!!!! LOL...that is the first egg I have dropped so far.
Time of Day When Laid ---- 9:30 am.
July 13th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Rained most of the day
Temp. ---- High 79 F. Low 72 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 med. Med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 med. pinky brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-link #1 8:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 9:15 am
July 14th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Rained Most of the day
Temp. High 82 F. Low 72 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 med. Med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 med. pinky brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-link #1 8:15 am Red Sex-Link #2 9:20 am
July 15th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- partly cloudy until about noon and then it was mostly sunny
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 med. Med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 med. pinky brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-link #1 8:35 am Red Sex-Link #2 9:40 am
July 16th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- T-Storms in the after noon
Temp. High 94 F. Low 72 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 Large size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:20 am
July 17th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- mostly cloudy
Temp. High 94 F. Low 75 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:15 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:40 am
July 18th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- sunny hot and humid
Temp. High 95 F. Low 75 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:40 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:30 am
July 19th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Sunny Hot and Humid
Temp. High 95 F. Low 75 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 12:30 am
July 20th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Sunny Hot and Humid
Temp. High 97 F. Low 76 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:15 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:30 am
July 21st ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Sunny Hot and Humid with thunder storms later that night
Temp. High 98 F. Low 75 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 9:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 10:40 am
July 22nd ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 3
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2 and Production Red #1
Weather ---- Hot and Humid a few showers throughout the day
Temp. High 99 F. Low 77 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown, Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown, Production Red #1 very similar to Red Sex-Link #1's egg med size and med brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:50 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:40 am Production Red #1 12:15 am
July 23rd ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Hot and Humid a few showers throughout the day
Temp. High 103 F. Low 78 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 9:15 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:40 am
I am putting this on hold until I can find where the rest of the pullets are laying I know we have more laying pullets than the eggs we are getting because about a week ago I got one extra egg and the next day I let them out of their coop and run for the first time and I think she found a "better" place to lay and I am pretty sure I have others that are laying because several times a day I hear them singing the eggs song...so now I just have to find where they are laying....maybe I should leave them in the coop and run for a couple of days and see if I get any more eggs that way and maybe get them to like the nesting boxes.
July 5th ----- 1st egg today! They were 16 weeks old yesterday
Daily Egg Total ---- 1
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1
Weather ---- Partly cloudy and rained a very small amount later that day.
Temp. ---- High 104 F. Low 74 F.
Egg Description ---- very small (1 3/4 in. long) med. brown egg
Time of Day When Laid ---- sometime between 12:00 pm and 1:00pm
July 6th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 1
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1
Weather ---- Partly Cloudy
Temp. ---- High 102 F. Low 75 F.
Egg Description ---- good size egg about the size of a med. size store bought egg. Light brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- 9:50 am
July 7th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link # 1 and 2
Weather ---- Mostly sunny a few scattered clouds
Temp. ---- High 104 F. Low 74 F.
Egg Description ---- Red sex link #1 very small much like her first egg just a bit bigger med. brown in color Red Sex-Link #2 very small a tiny bit smaller than Red Sex-Link #1's first egg med. brown also
Time of day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 11:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 2:30 pm
July 8th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Partly Cloudy
Temp. ---- High 104 F. Low 74 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex link #1 very small med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 very small light brown soft shelled egg...I guess it is time to feed them layer feed.
Time of day when laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 12:00 pm Red Sex-Link #2 11:50 am
July 9th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---Mostly Cloudy
Temp. ---- High 90 F. Low 71 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 very small med./light brown Red Sex-Link #2 very small med. brown.
Time Of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:50 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:00 am
July 10th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link # 1 and 2
Weather ---- Mostly Cloudy with a few showers
Temp.---- High 85 F. Low 71 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Small med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 Small a bit larger than #1's Egg med./light brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:20 am Red Sex-Link #2 12:40 pm.
July 11th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Mostly Cloudy Sprinkled a bit in the AM
Temp. ---- High 85 F. Low 70 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Small/med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 small/med. med. brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 9:00 am Red Sex-Link #2 3:40 pm
July 12th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 1
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1
Weather ---- Rainy all day
Temp. ---- High 74 F. Low 69 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Small/med. brown...it was a really pretty egg..UNTIL I DROPPED IT!!!! LOL...that is the first egg I have dropped so far.
Time of Day When Laid ---- 9:30 am.
July 13th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Rained most of the day
Temp. ---- High 79 F. Low 72 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 med. Med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 med. pinky brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-link #1 8:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 9:15 am
July 14th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Rained Most of the day
Temp. High 82 F. Low 72 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 med. Med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 med. pinky brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-link #1 8:15 am Red Sex-Link #2 9:20 am
July 15th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- partly cloudy until about noon and then it was mostly sunny
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 med. Med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 med. pinky brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-link #1 8:35 am Red Sex-Link #2 9:40 am
July 16th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- T-Storms in the after noon
Temp. High 94 F. Low 72 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 Large size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:20 am
July 17th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- mostly cloudy
Temp. High 94 F. Low 75 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:15 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:40 am
July 18th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- sunny hot and humid
Temp. High 95 F. Low 75 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:40 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:30 am
July 19th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Sunny Hot and Humid
Temp. High 95 F. Low 75 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 12:30 am
July 20th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Sunny Hot and Humid
Temp. High 97 F. Low 76 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:15 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:30 am
July 21st ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Sunny Hot and Humid with thunder storms later that night
Temp. High 98 F. Low 75 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 9:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 10:40 am
July 22nd ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 3
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2 and Production Red #1
Weather ---- Hot and Humid a few showers throughout the day
Temp. High 99 F. Low 77 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown, Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown, Production Red #1 very similar to Red Sex-Link #1's egg med size and med brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:50 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:40 am Production Red #1 12:15 am
July 23rd ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Hot and Humid a few showers throughout the day
Temp. High 103 F. Low 78 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 med size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 9:15 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:40 am
I am putting this on hold until I can find where the rest of the pullets are laying I know we have more laying pullets than the eggs we are getting because about a week ago I got one extra egg and the next day I let them out of their coop and run for the first time and I think she found a "better" place to lay and I am pretty sure I have others that are laying because several times a day I hear them singing the eggs song...so now I just have to find where they are laying....maybe I should leave them in the coop and run for a couple of days and see if I get any more eggs that way and maybe get them to like the nesting boxes.
