2008 egg total

[redoak]

503 eggs in 2008

August 59
September 136
October 105
November 91
December 112

 

[digitS']

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Were they all 5 laying by that date?

I think you've found the operant definition of a broody

. But, all things considered, they were a very good team! And, you must have been an excellent coach!!

Steve

 

[panner123]

I had not thought about the total eggs until this post. I had to go peek at my grand daughter's ledger. She does have a few more chickens than most, but she and her cousin sell them to the local cafes and any extras to our friends. After all the bills are paid they each take an allowance of $50 every 2 weeks and the rest is put away for college. After peeking at the books, they will need an accountant this year to figure the taxes. Her ledger reads:

Jan. 11904 eggs 32 dz.
Feb. 11116 eggs 33 dz.
Mar. 12741 eggs 34.25 dz.
Apr. 12480 eggs 34.66 dz.
May 12989 eggs 34.91 dz.
June 12810 eggs 35.58 dz.
July 13330 eggs 35.83 dz.
Aug. 13299 eggs 35.75dz.
Sep. 12880 eggs 35.77 dz.
Oct. 12564 eggs 33.77 dz.
Nov. 11747 eggs 32.63 dz.
Dec. 11958 eggs 32.14 dz.

She didn't total the numbers, but I did 152153 eggs.

I never realized they sold that many eggs. Or even that the chickens had laid that many. I did know that she was buying a lot of feed and that the DW spend about 2 hours each day delievering them. I am going to have to get a loan from her for a new rototiller.

These 2 kids will go far in the business world. The oldest girl is 13 and her cousin is 8.

Why didn't I learn to make and save money at that age. I think they listen to Clark Howard to much.

 

[Mrs MIA]

I kept track of all the eggs my birds put out (chickens, turkeys, quail), but just the layers was over 2,300 eggs. But, considering I started with about 10 birds a year ago, and that number has gone up to about 250, then back down to about 150, it's really hard to say how many were actually laying. Grand total of all varieties was 5,730.
Now, if I could only get ALL of my birds to start laying at once...

 

[Catalina]

digitS' :

Quote:
Were they all 5 laying by that date?

I think you've found the operant definition of a broody

. But, all things considered, they were a very good team! And, you must have been an excellent coach!!

Steve

Thanks!
The big girls started the first of Jan.
Lavender's first egg was on 1-25-08
Pippa's first egg was 1-28-08

1-28-08 was the first day I had an egg from every girl!
5 eggs - 5 chickens! (that didn't happen very often)​

 

[Catalina]

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WOW!!!
That's AMAZING!
How many chickens do they have?

 

[Mahonri]

Tomorrow I'm gonna start writing down every egg.

 

[panner123]

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They have a few over 500 now. This is the aveage for the year. If they can add the cafes in the other two local towns, they will increase the sixe of their flock to 1000. All are brown layers and most are mutts, but they give nice large eggs.

 

[doubleostud]

Taking into account for inflation, cost of living increases, my birds local egg union, my birds laid very well, however when I woke up on Jan. 1st. I had a bill stuck to my coop door that said I owed each bird just shy of $47,000 dollars for the years labor. Needless to say I now have a full freezer and have been eating fried chicken all day. Now I look forward to my new adventure in mini donkeys, hopefully their union isnt as tough.

 

[texasbartrambaby]

And here my hubby was telling me that we were NOT going to have enough eggs with the 23 EE's that we have .... but, I got to get some hatching eggs and some silkies ....

Well, he doesn't know about the silkies yet.

But the others are on the counter top now. A sweet sweet lady on here is setting silkies for me so maybe they will all "hatch" on the same date. Look honey, there were twins and triplets in those eggs ....

Maybe I should keep letting him think that we won't get enough eggs from 25 or 50 chickens ... muha ha ha ... and so it begins ....