Does the Weather Affect When and How Often A Hen Lays An Egg? Let's Find Out!

[Lots A Cluckin]

This is my attempt at keep a record book of my chickens egg laying cycles like if she lays for 5 days straight and takes a 1 day break and starts over again, I want to know who lays when what the egg looks like (big or small, light or dark) and how many egg I get each day, week, and month, I will also put when someone goes broody, is she is hatching any eggs, and what the hatch rate is. I will also say what season it is (spring, summer, fall, or winter) and what the weather is like (hot, cold, sunny, cloudy or rainy)...I think it will be fun to see who the best layer is and what everyone cycle is and if the weather affects their cycle.





July 5th ----- 1st egg today! They were 16 weeks old yesterday
Daily Egg Total ---- 1
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1
Weather ---- Partly cloudy and rained a very small amount later that day.
Temp. ---- High 104 F. Low 74 F.
Egg Description ---- very small (1 3/4 in. long) med. brown egg
Time of Day When Laid ---- sometime between 12:00 pm and 1:00pm

July 6th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 1
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1
Weather ---- Partly Cloudy
Temp. ---- High 102 F. Low 75 F.
Egg Description ---- good size egg about the size of a med. size store bought egg. Light brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- 9:50 am

July 7th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link # 1 and 2
Weather ---- Mostly sunny a few scattered clouds
Temp. ---- High 104 F. Low 74 F.
Egg Description ---- Red sex link #1 very small much like her first egg just a bit bigger med. brown in color Red Sex-Link #2 very small a tiny bit smaller than Red Sex-Link #1's first egg med. brown also
Time of day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 11:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 2:30 pm

July 8th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Partly Cloudy
Temp. ---- High 104 F. Low 74 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex link #1 very small med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 very small light brown soft shelled egg...I guess it is time to feed them layer feed.
Time of day when laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 12:00 pm Red Sex-Link #2 11:50 am

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

July 9th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---Mostly Cloudy
Temp. ---- High 90 F. Low 71 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 very small med./light brown Red Sex-Link #2 very small med. brown.
Time Of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:50 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:00 am

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

July 10th ---- First time laying in nesting boxes!!!
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link # 1 and 2
Weather ---- Mostly Cloudy with a few showers
Temp.---- High 85 F. Low 71 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Small med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 Small a bit larger than #1's Egg med./light brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:20 am Red Sex-Link #2 12:40 pm.

 

[Vicky2479]

Interesting, I just started my own egg laying chart, have to admit though mines not quite as complex, it has the chickens name and the day of the week, I guess I could add the date then I could look back in a years time and see about cycles and such.
Hope your system helps

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

July 11th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Mostly Cloudy Sprinkled a bit in the AM
Temp. ---- High 85 F. Low 70 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Small med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 small/med. med. brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 9:00 am Red Sex-Link #2 3:40 pm

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

July 12th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 1
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1
Weather ---- Rainy all day
Temp. ---- High 74 F. Low 69 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Small/med. brown...it was a really pretty egg..UNTIL I DROPPED IT!!!! LOL...that is the first egg I have dropped so far.

Time of Day When Laid ---- 9:30 am.

 

[tropicaljo]

I'm curious about how you know which hens layed and which ones didn't. I have 5 girls laying and can never figure out who layed what unless I'm standing right there when she does her job.

And by the way, my little 1 winged girl... Tripod, sat her first clutch this spring. All of her eggs hatched out and we now have 5 more hens and 2 little roos. She was an awesome Momma and her babies are now about 20 weeks old.

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

I go down there alot and watch them to see how they are acting...I can tell which one of my hens is laying not only because I have seen the 2 that are laying lay an egg but also because my roosters will take the hen (s) to a nesting box and show her where to lay...they do that everyday and I can watch them from in my house I know if I cant see one of the hens that is laying she is in the coop so then I go out and see if she is in the nesting box and if she is I wait until she lays it and write down the time of when she laid it...ti takes time and I dont know if I will do it for much longer, not sure if I can keep up with more than 2, but I hope I can i love doing this....I dont have a job and I am Home Schooled so I can spend more time with my chickens than the average person could and I have time to do this and sit down there with them and watch them... it would make things a lot easier if they would sing the "Egg Song" after they laid it we could hear them form the house and when I would hear them I would go out there but my 2 hens that are laying have never sang the egg song...I dont know why either

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

July 13th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Rained most of the day
Temp. ---- High 79 F. Low 72 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 med. Med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 med. pinky brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-link #1 8:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 9:15 am

July 14th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- Rained Most of the day
Temp. High 82 F. Low 72 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 med. Med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 med. pinky brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-link #1 8:15 am Red Sex-Link #2 9:20 am

July 15th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- partly cloudy until about noon and then it was mostly sunny
Temp. High 94 F. Low 70 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 med. Med. brown Red Sex-Link #2 med. pinky brown.
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-link #1 8:35 am Red Sex-Link #2 9:40 am

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

July 16th ----
Daily Egg Total ---- 2
Laid By ---- Red Sex-Link #1 and 2
Weather ---- T-Storms in the after noon
Temp. High 94 F. Low 72 F.
Egg Description ---- Red Sex-Link #1 Med size Med Brown Red Sex-Link #2 Large size Pinky brown
Time of Day When Laid ---- Red Sex-Link #1 10:30 am Red Sex-Link #2 11:20 am