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Well, right now I'm not collecting anywhere near this much information. What I'm trying to do with this thread is create a long list of things people think may be useful. Then I think the job is to think about what my objectives are, how all these data points would contribute to my...

Yes, I'm collecting some data now (I also work as a database developer). I'm trying to determine what to add to what I'm collecting now, getting ideas, figuring out what would be most useful. If I weren't on my phone, I'd share what I'm doing so far.

Since they started laying, I haven't been free ranging, but have allowed them to go out into the fenced area. I have a 165-foot electric netting fence set up around their coop. I *had* it set up so that it went around this old corn-crib that was falling down. Then one laid an egg in there, and I...

Yeah, I was late getting simulated eggs into their nest boxes. I think they helped. Now I have far fewer "floor eggs." Still have some, but now they're laid in the same spot on the floor each time. If I stuck a nest there, it might get rid of all of them, and I think it's the same hen laying...

I think it's a decent idea, depending on your objective. If the objective is to cull out slow growers, then it doesn't help you much. If your objective is to track the weight gain of a hatch of chickens, to measure the results of a breeding program, then that is useful. Also I think to...

That would be interesting. Might be easier to keep track on a weekly basis, but the data would still be relevant when you looked at temperature averages for the week. I haven't included weather data in my list so far. Been thinking about it though. The nice thing about general weather info is...

Thanks for the input so far. I've gone through it, and made a list of things to track. Some things are tracked for the whole flock only, while other things are tracked for each individual bird. There are challenges to collecting some of this data, but for now I don't consider that. So far...

I want to record onset of laying, but I'm not sure how to do it. As my hens began laying, they laid everywhere but the nests for a while. So that makes using trap nests ineffective. Maybe next year, with experienced hens on-hand, the new hens will use the nests from the beginning? Right now, I...

Hi all, I wanted to find out what others think it is important to keep track of with regards to the flock. I have started setting up a spreadsheet in Google, linked to a form I use to enter the number of eggs collected. I'm tracking the number of sound eggs laid, number laid somewhere...