Flock Chart in Excel

[dwheil]

Probaby a dumb question but , How do you know what bird layed which egg. Do they always lay in the same place or do I have to set there and watch them. I just got my first egg this afternoon and do not have a clue which one of the 24 laid it.

Thanks
Dennis

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

I guess based on who I see go in when. (But apparently I don't guess well as two of the chicks I thought were going to be GLWxBo turned out to be SLWxBO!

)

In the chart I mark it if I see who is in the nest and mark it with a question mark when I'm guessing. They do lay in a pattern so after a while I can kind of see overall pictures.

Truthfully I think they like messing with our heads by changing up time and location and color tint of egg. Brats.

 

[estpr13]

Here is the data I collected on my Dark Brahma's eggs for their first 100 days of laying. And also the chart I use to keep track of progress and log observations. As you can see I cannot get a picture of them to transfer over so they are probably useless.

First 100 days of laying. I cannot get the chart to transfer over. But it shows a nice parabolic increase in their size. The eggs plateau at about 8 weeks of lay.

Day of Laying Green LT's Green LT's Normal Dusty Dark Stripes beige Star? long Humpty
Grains Grams Grams Grams Grams Grams
1 27.9
2 29.4
3 28.6
4 424 27.5
5 424 27.5 29.2 28.1
6 31.8
7 406 26.3 34.9 26.3 29.0
8 422 27.3 26.4
9 388 25.1 36.6 28.6 29.3
10
11 414 26.8 34.7 28.0 30.6
12 412 26.7
13
14 424 27.5
15 426 27.6 35.1 26.4 29.9
16 422 27.3 38.0 34.6 28.3 29.2
17 424 27.5
18 422 27.3 38.0 31.1 32.7 33.4
19 430 27.9 33.1 31.0
20 408 26.4 39.0 31.1 29.2 31.6
21
22 380 24.6 38.2 32.7 29.9 30.6
23 33.8 28.9 31.8
24 41.1 28.6 36.2
25 40.8 30.2 35.3
26 39.3 31.4 34.9
27 39.7 32.9 31.4
28 37.5 32.7 34.0
29 29.7
30 40.4 32.7 29.2 36.9
31 39.3 32.7 27.7 34.0
32 37.8 34.5 27.9 31.9
33 38.8 27.0 31.0
34 35.1
35 40.4 33.4 35.1
36 31.6
37 39.3 34.6 31.6 35.0
38 31.1
39 38.2 31.1
40 38.0
41 432 28.0
42 484 31.4 36.0 33.4
43 496 32.1 35.5
44 472 30.6 36.6 31.9 35.5
45 494 32.0 38.0 35.9
46 40.8 35.1 31.4 33.4
47 488 31.6 34.2 36.7
48 43.6 34.3
49 44.8 31.4 38.9
50 494 32.0 44.1 32.1 31.9 39.1
51 31.9 38.2
52 484 31.4 44.2 36.8
53 34.9 34.0
54 31.8
55 446 28.9 45.8 32.4 40.1
56 37.8 34.2 37.1
57 42.6 35.1 34.9 42.1
58 42.8 34.0
59 502 32.5 41.7 35.8 31.8 34.3
60 510 33.1 41.5 36.7 35.9
61 32.7 33.1
62 530 34.3 42.4 38.0 33.1 33.3
63 504 32.7 44.5 39.1 31.4 33.8
64 476 30.8 44.5 37.6 29.8
65 456 29.6 40.6 37.3 31.5
66 458 29.7 42.4 38.4 36.6
67 458 29.7 30.5 35.5
68 44.3 39.9 34.0
69 492 31.9 45.8 41.0 32.1 33.6
70 496 32.1 42.8 37.3 34.3 32.4
71 44.1 34.3
72 42.6 32.7 34.0
73 32.5 33.1
74 43.4 37.2 33.1
75 43.8 35.5 31.8 33.6
76 43.3 35.6
77 37.5 32.8 33.1
78 43.7 38.5 31.4 33.8
79 468 30.3 44.5 39.9 31.6
80 498 32.3 42.3
81 484 31.4 40.6 33.5
82 476 30.8 43.9 39.9 33.4 34.5
83 43.9 38.5 31.7
84 536 34.7 43.6 37.4 34.8
85 526 34.1 42.0 32.9
86 504 32.7 41.1 37.3 32.5 34.4
87 504 32.5 39.1 32.9 34.3
88 496 32.2 44.7 39.9 32.3 33.4
89 496 32.2 43.9 38.7 31.0
90 478 30.9 42.7 35.6
91 39.5 33.5 34.7
92 508 32.9 46.2 39.1 32.9
93 520 33.7 44.2 35.6 30.9
94 508 32.9 43.1
95 496 32.1 39.2 36.0 30.6
96 42.7 32.4 32.2
97 510 33.0 38.9
98
99 508 32.9 42.7 38.3 35.9
100 508 32.9 44.0 37.3 32.8 35.5

Here is the data I use to track the progress of my hatched chicks
Red Jersey week Large chickens Food Notes Observed / Actual
Nov 7 2007 1 Chick starter 1" trough space / bird
14 2
21 3 Start Foraging 2" trough space / bird
28 4 Separate cocks from hens earliest
5-Dec 5 Caponize earliest Caponize before combs turn red
12 6 Full Feathers
19 7 Heavy's Crow 3" trough space / bird
26 8 Early Fryers Separate Cocks from hens latest
Jan 2 2008 9 Cock layer+scratch Caponize latest (combs turn red)
9 10 Late Fryers
16 11
23 12 4" trough space
31 13
6-Feb 14 Early Roasters
13 15
20 16
27 17
5-Mar 18 Earliest start laying Start of laying depends on breed
12 19 Late Roasters Earliest to breed is 6 wks after
19 20 Harvest capons early Depending on weight of bird
26 21 Best laying temp is 45-80
2-Apr 22
9 23
16 24 Capons can be kept for a year
23 25 Longest to keep capons Capons stop growing
30 26 Cock Sexual Maturity Normal egg laying starts
7 27
14 28
21 29
28 30
1-Jun 31
8 32 Latest to Start Laying Breed 6 wks after laying starts
15 33
22 34
29 35
6-Jul 36
13 37
20 38
27 39
3-Aug 40
10 41
17 42
24 43
31 44

 

[featherfooted]

I used Microsoft word and made a chart to keep up with how many eggs the girls lay a day. I wanted to see if there was a drop off during the year and which months they laid the best. I started this in the middle of January. To my surprise Feburary had the most eggs even through it is the shortest month. I'm going to keep doing this chart to see if they keep the about the same numbers year after year.