How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[RobJones]

6/16 still cant understand it all girls are looking so healthy

 

[minnehaha]

4/5/12 today with a very respectable 62 gram egg from one of my BR who's only got a week of laying under her belt.

AWESOME!

 

[minnehaha]

chicken:
15/27/30
8 brown, 5 white, 2 blue

Who laid today?

6 (all)Red Stars (brown)
1 Silver Laced Wyandotte (brown)
1 Black Orpington (brown)
5 (all) White Leghorns (white)
1 Cream Legbar (blue)
1 Easter Egger (greenish blue)

8 eggs were in the "preferred" nest, the center bottom one, which is apparently the flavor of the week. I have 10 nesting boxes, plus a communtity nesting box.

duck:
2/3/3

 

[minnehaha]

How about stating the kind you have too? That would be useful.

7 from 14 / speckled Sussex.

Just started laying a few weeks ago. Have some vehement protesters that want to lay in the dog house. Have had them cooped up for this the 3rd day. Was only getting 2-4 prior to cooping. Still at least 3 holdouts who want to run over to the dog house the minute we let them get the last bit of light (at about 4:30) to free range. (I feel so guilty!)

Great idea! I understand what you mean about the dog house. I had a Cream Legbar flying over the fence to get to a community laying box that I had stored in a shed. I finally clipped her wings the other day and drug that huge heavy wooden box into the henhouse.....where she isn't using it!!! Now she is using the single nesting boxes in the henhouse. Hen's are so fickle! However, one of my Red Stars is using it. It is 3x2 feet, with curtains.....the luxury suite!

 

[Scott16475]

I heard something about the shortest day of the year, did it already happen and now they are going to get longer?  I'm excited to see if I get more eggs like you did today. e   I'm watching the nesting boxes on the coop cam while drinking coffee.   They are LOUD today, and they are waiting in line to get into the "preferred" nest, despite having 10 boxes, plus a large community nesting box!  There are 3 hens at this moment crammed into the "preferred" box!

Yesterday was the shortest day of the year. It's all up hill from here. I doubt the hens will notice a few extra seconds of daylight today but who knows?! We've actually received 2 eggs three days in a row. Hoping for a third and forth egg when we get home.

 

[tntchix]

It must be cold, is it snowy too? Hopefully if they are being sneaky sneaky you will find those eggs!

that's cute.
It hasn't snowed here since Nov but it gets chilly at night. They were barely froze but they deserved a treat anyway.

 

[Blooie]

We had rain all day yesterday and weren't supposed to get freezing temps for a day or so. But we've had a full scale blizzard off and on all day today. Super high winds, snowing sideways, followed by 10 minutes of sun and then repeat. Still, I guess 5/10 + Scout isn't too bad.

 

[tntchix]

8 again today

 

[tntchix]

Ooh Blooie, now I am cold too. Sending warm

 

[karenerwin]

6 eggs today