Egg chart

[Crazy4Chicks]

DH got me a book on chickens for christmas, so with that and the bator Santa gave me -- should I tell DH come spring he is doomed???

Anyway in this book there is a chart to tell how many eggs your chicken has laid and since most of mine have no idea what an egg is yet LOL I wanted to see how true this chart is from all of you.

When this part of the body loses its yellow color- this is how many eggs may have been laid.

Vent, Eye ring, earlobe -- 10
Beak with half its color -- 15
Beak with one-third its color -- 25
Beak completely bleached -- 35
Bottoms of feet -- 75
Front of shanks -- 95
Rear of shanks -- 160
Tops of toes --175
Back of hock joint -- 180

ok now all of you go outside and look at your birds and let me know if this chart is right LOL
if not I am writing the guy who wrote the book and telling him your results !!

Julie

 

[kstaven]

Your chart only applies to yellow skin breeds and not all breeds. have never seen a beak lose color as suggested in the chart. Feet and legs yes.

 

[KingsCalls]

Hey Crazy, If I was to ever lay "one" egg, I'd change into all sorts of colors! Completely bleached being one of them. LOL

 

[EggCentric]

We should make an egg chart. Pictures of eggs alongside what kind of chicken laid that particular egg. Could be fun!

 

[Crazy4Chicks]

I love that idea of taking pics of the egg along with the bird.
If I can catch my two layers I will take pics of them with the eggs.

Julie