Am I getting the right amount of eggs?

[NCChickie]

They were all hatched Feb 25th, and I'm getting about about a dozen per day.

I have:
4 gold laced wyandottes
5 red sex links
3 splash marans
5 blue copper marans
2 black copper marans
2 Easter egger I'm getting one blue almost every day
5 blue red laced wyandottes.
1 specked Sussex

Shouldn't I be getting more eggs by now?

 

[Kelsie2290]

Well, I would expect about the following number of eggs per week per breed:
4 gold laced wyandottes
4x4=16
5 red sex links
6x5=30
3 splash marans
3x3=9
5 blue copper marans
3x5=15
2 black copper marans
3x2=6
2 Easter egger I'm getting one blue almost every day
5x2=10
5 blue red laced wyandottes.
4x5=20
1 specked Sussex
3x1=1
So... 16+30+9+15+6+10+20+3=99/7=14... I would expect about 14 eggs a day or 100 a week from that batch, but they aren't 7 months old yet and some of them are big breeds, so they are not that far off.

 

[GuppyTJ]

I did a quick count, looks like 27 hens, all 28 weeks old. I'd say yes, you should likely be getting more than 6 eggs a day. Many breeds start laying somewhere around 20-22 weeks but this can vary by several weeks. Still, you have 27 hens so I would think you'd have more laying by 28 weeks old.

I popped over to your "My Coop" link and see that you say they do free range. Could they have hidden nests you don't know about/can't find? If you suspect this might be the case, many suggest that you lock them in their coop until noon or 2 p.m. and then see how many eggs you get in your nest boxes.

Hope this helps,
Guppy

 

[NCChickie]

Thanks guys for the chicken math! Guppy, they don't free range until about 4 in the afternoon when we are home and out in the yards. They do have la large run the rest of the day but no hidden nests. Thanks again!

 

[NCChickie]

Thanks for the chicken math!! They only free range in the afternoon when we get home for several hours until they go to bed. I didn't count my original flock who are starting to molt, they are in a separate coup though.

Thanks again!

 

[sbhkma]

Well, I would expect about the following number of eggs per week per breed:

3 splash marans
3x3=9
1 specked Sussex
3x1=1

According to these averages, since I have 3 cuckoo marans and 2 speckled sussex, I should be getting around 15 eggs a week. But my 7 month old girls are averaging 24-27 eggs a week. Are my girls that much more productive, or did you take the low end of the average for the breeds? Just curious.

 

[Kelsie2290]

According to these averages, since I have 3 cuckoo marans and 2 speckled sussex, I should be getting around 15 eggs a week. But my 7 month old girls are averaging 24-27 eggs a week. Are my girls that much more productive, or did you take the low end of the average for the breeds? Just curious.

I was using low end, but Cuckoo Marans really vary, I've had occasional hatchery ones that laid 5-6 eggs a week, but most seemed to lay less, and Sp S tend to do much the same. But at 6-7 months, both can also be slow to start laying. So I would have expected around 15 eggs per week with yours, a little more if they are 7-8 months, but you are getting around 5 per week so you have all 5 laying really good right now, sometimes you get lucky.

 

[sbhkma]

Ok thanks. was curious. I have one cuckoo that lays double yolk eggs twice a week. One of my speckled sussex lays 6 our of every 7 days. They just turned 7 months this weekend,so I guess I can count myself lucky on the egg department. Of course, the eggs are secondary for me anyway. I got them for bug control and just the fun of having them. I had no idea they'd be SO good at bug control! I rarely even have to put fly spray on my horses.