Anyone else keep track of hens and eggs?

[BlossomSilkies]

Now that I have 5 hens laying, I created a spreadsheet, yes, a spreadsheet, to keep track of who layed an egg each day. Why, I don't know exactly, curiosity maybe?

I think this chickenitis is making me strange.

 

[SilverPhoenix]

"I think this chickenitis is making me strange."

Chickenitis has a habit of doing that to people!

 

[Kbagwell1]

I have a notebook to keep track of EVERYTHING! It's got me too!

 

[Mak]

Hubby made me a database to keep track of eggs. Not by individual hens. I can't tell who laid what since several will lay in the same box. But I do track by breed, since I can tell the difference between the RSL and Dominique eggs. And the Polish lays white egg- easy to tell! Not sure if I will be able to tell when the new ones get out there. If that happens, I will track by egg color.

But yeah, I know how many eggs I get by day, week, month, year. I know average # of eggs laid for same. I know how many each breed lays and the averages. I can pull up graphs that show all that stuff, too. It's interesting to look at it and see the different stats.

 

[Uzuri]

I don't track by hen (though I have a vague idea of who's laying what), but I do track eggs vs. expenses, including amortized expense for the coop itself. I've got three different breakdowns overall cost/egg, amortized overall cost/dozen and consumable costs/dozen.

Consumable costs/dozen are down to $4.90, which is within striking distance of what farm-fresh eggs are sold for in the area. Pretty cool.

 

[Illia]

Over 30 hens here and I always track who lays what, when, how much money goes where, what breeding programs are going on and when, etc.

 

[Denninmi]

If they don't lay, will they get the same treatment as Nedwina?

 

[PaleMelanesian]

Those who keep track by individual hen - how?

 

[gryeyes]

By "keep track" do you mean you make sure there ARE hens and there ARE eggs, or are you a little more than just slightly OCD?

Edited to add
<-------------------- lazy chicken keeper

 

[PaleMelanesian]

I have two that are easy to tell - one's small and white, and the other is blue. The rest are brown, brown, brown, brown, brown...

I track totals for laying, feed cost, sales, etc.