Any one want to join me in waiting for eggs, posting and comparing notes?

[DuckieTam]

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[nakstk]

Just went over last years notes and egg chart. http://hencam.com/henblog/2012/01/egg-record-chart/

I bought 8 bags of feed and one bag of scratch last year. Wish I would have kept track of the cost of the feed each time I bought it. Doing that this year. My girls laid 712 eggs last year that I was able to keep track of. My neighbors gathered eggs for 8 days in August for us back when my girls were laying 4 and 5 eggs a day. so I know their egg count was actually more like 735. Egg counts per month went Jan-69, Feb-68, March-58, April-52, May-61, June-103, July-89, Aug-74, Sept-54, Oct-38, Nov-28, Dec-18. My 5 SS stopped laying the beginning on Oct and that's when my 2 Wellies started laying. My EE has yet to start.

Today I got an egg from Daphne one of my Wellies that was going through a mini molt. She is still molting but I know its her egg because it has spots and Phoebe's eggs dont have spots.


Egg on the left is(Phoebe's) 1.8oz and the one on the right is(Daphne's) 1.7oz

(edited to add correct link to egg chart.)

 

[DianaMallory]

I have 16 golden comets, 11 have been laying for months now. I have 5 that just turned 18 weeks old dec 31. I think one of them might have started to lay but not sure yet. I have not had a double yolk egg for awhile and I got one this morning. Winter has caused production to go up and down. I got 11 eggs this morning and 10 yesterday. My 11 golden girls started laying at 14 weeks. They are starting to change in they way they get along with the flock. It has been a hard long road to get them to live together but I think they finally get it. I don't think they have gone through the pecking order yet. But a couple of them have started to mix with my older girls and are not as scared. They are not squatting yet. Wish I could put a web cam on them to see who is laying and who isn't.

 

[lesliedow]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!  This is so thrilling! Now the countdown until all are laying! LOL! 

Yay!

Congratulations.

That is a beautiful egg and I love the announcement!

 

[Melabella]

I have 16 golden comets, 11 have been laying for months now. I have 5 that just turned 18 weeks old dec 31. I think one of them might have started to lay but not sure yet. I have not had a double yolk egg for awhile and I got one this morning. Winter has caused production to go up and down. I got 11 eggs this morning and 10 yesterday. My 11 golden girls started laying at 14 weeks. They are starting to change in they way they get along with the flock. It has been a hard long road to get them to live together but I think they finally get it. I don't think they have gone through the pecking order yet. But a couple of them have started to mix with my older girls and are not as scared. They are not squatting yet. Wish I could put a web cam on them to see who is laying and who isn't.

Diana,

Just curious, do you use any light suplements on your Golden Comets? 14 weeks,, WOW,, that is the earliest I have heard for laying. I have two production reds myself, and I think one of them is laying. I told my DH this morning that I wish we had a hen cam to see who is laying. It was 4 degrees this morning and I didn't have it in me to stay out there to see who is laying. Looks like this may be a challenging winter!

MB

 

[Melabella]

Just went over last years notes and egg chart. http://www.hencam.com/static/uploads/2012/01/taylor_egg_record.pdf

I bought 8 bags of feed and one bag of scratch last year. Wish I would have kept track of the cost of the feed each time I bought it. Doing that this year. My girls laid 712 eggs last year that I was able to keep track of. My neighbors gathered eggs for 8 days in August for us back when my girls were laying 4 and 5 eggs a day. so I know their egg count was actually more like 735. Egg counts per month went Jan-69, Feb-68, March-58, April-52, May-61, June-103, July-89, Aug-74, Sept-54, Oct-38, Nov-28, Dec-18. My 5 SS stopped laying the beginning on Oct and that's when my 2 Wellies started laying. My EE has yet to start.

Today I got an egg from Daphne one of my Wellies that was going through a mini molt. She is still molting but I know its her egg because it has spots and Phoebe's eggs dont have spots.


Egg on the left is(Phoebe's) 1.8oz and the one on the right is(Daphne's) 1.7oz

Nicki,

thank you for posting your egg stats from last year, I clicked the link and it didn't seem to come up on the hencam.com site. Does she have some sort of way you can keep your records on there? I love that website as well, and learned a lot from reading her blog. Her hencam is very fun to watch as well. My egg count is only up to 4, I think only one, maybe two girls are laying. I have no way of knowing as I have spent little time outside since the eggs started on NY's eve. It turned very cold this week, and I basicaly have been a wimp about hanging out in it!

How old is your EE? I would love to get some of those to add to my flock. Does SS stand for Speckled Sussex?

I hope I can get numbers like that, I can't imagine. I have 9 girls, so I imagine when they all are up and laying, I can have quite a few days a week where maybe I could get 7 or 8 a day. I wonder if I would ever get all 9 to lay in a day,, that would be something...

MB

 

[BroosterSpringsteen]

4 degrees! We don't have too many days here that are that cold, but when we do, I try to gather eggs as quickly as possible

or make one of the kids do it

Still no new eggs from my girls, but I did see Kenny Rogers trying to get some action with my oldest not-yet-laying pullet. She's a Blue Ameraucana, hatched from a bright blue egg on my last birthday, April 21. So it's about time she started laying, wouldn't you say? That's the first time I've seen him take notice of her. Also, when I locked them up tonight, she wasn't trying to sleep in the nesting box. I always have problems with pullets in the nesting boxes. I can't really figure out how to solve the problem. I just go out every morning and clean the poo, and replace the bedding. I figure once all the girls are laying in the boxes, they'll stop sleeping in the boxes.

 

[Melabella]

I have heard of the apple cider vinegar in their water, but heard it was only to help reduce the "slime" that builds up in water. It wasn't until recently that I heard it has health benefits for animals, does it have to have the mother in it or can it be the regular stuff? I also just recently heard of fermenting their feed, I really should learn more about doing these things. I want healthy girls more than eggs, I love watching the girls do the silly things they do.

UACV (unpasturized apple cider vinegar) is good for reducing slime buildup, but more importantly add balance to the digestive track and is also a wonderful home remedy for controlling and warding off parasites. I have not had a single sloppy poo since starting it, only large green solid ones with white caps on them. I have yet to begin with fermenting feed with it, but it is supposed to be wonderful for healthy chicks, and also people who use it say that they go through far less feed. Also is supposed to produce far larger yokes in eggs, and some even claim it returns far more female chicks than males when fed excusivly on it. I just haven't wanted to tackle it in the winter, and was going to wait until spring.



Here is the BYC thread about FF
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/644300/fermenting-feed-for-meat-birds

One important thing if anyone wants to add UACV to their chicken's water.

First it must be UACV with "the mother in it". This is the one with all the good cultures and fement material in it. Also do NOT use it with a metal waterer. The vinegar will activate harmful things with the metals that will be toxic to your birds.

MB

 

[nakstk]

Nicki,

thank you for posting your egg stats from last year, I clicked the link and it didn't seem to come up on the hencam.com site. Does she have some sort of way you can keep your records on there? I love that website as well, and learned a lot from reading her blog. Her hencam is very fun to watch as well. My egg count is only up to 4, I think only one, maybe two girls are laying. I have no way of knowing as I have spent little time outside since the eggs started on NY's eve. It turned very cold this week, and I basicaly have been a wimp about hanging out in it!

How old is your EE? I would love to get some of those to add to my flock. Does SS stand for Speckled Sussex?

I hope I can get numbers like that, I can't imagine. I have 9 girls, so I imagine when they all are up and laying, I can have quite a few days a week where maybe I could get 7 or 8 a day. I wonder if I would ever get all 9 to lay in a day,, that would be something...

MB

I edited my post and added the correct link. It's a printable chart from back in 1936 I just printed it off and write in the egg count for the day. I also weigh my eggs and write the weight and date on every egg. That way if I forget to add to the chart for a few days I can look back on the eggs themselves and see.

My EE turned 37 weeks YESTERDAY! I got her and the 2 Welsummers the same day and was told they all hatched out on April 25th. The Wellies started laying back in Oct.

Yes SS does stand for Speckled Sussex. I love them, they are so sweet.

It took my girls until June 3rd before I got 5/5 eggs from them and my SS girls hatched July 15th 2011 and they started laying Dec 17th 2011.

 

[DuckieTam]

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