How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[tandykins]

4/11 including one torpedo from my 3 year old Australorp. She lays torpedos often. This is her first egg since coming back from broodiness.

 

[Outpost JWB]

I keep daily track too, but just by egg color (light, medium, dark) and size (ounces).
I don't name possible future meals.

Where do you buy a scale to weigh them?

About the comment on naming future meals, they all look the same in a freezer bag! We have names for about 50% of ours. Makes it much easier to keep track of ages of chickens and all sorts of things. My grandparents had a dairy farm & when we sat down to dinner, no one ever said "We are eating Elsie tonight!" But most had names to distinguish the difference.

We got 28 eggs yesterday

 

[37 Caddy]

You can find a cheap digital scale at Harbor Freight,not sure if they are handy you or not,it is a big tool store,they have a lot of neat stuff there,not a lot of animal supplies,but if you use your imagination?. look them up online,they always have a sale on,try to find a coupon for it,you can save even more on the scale. Harvey

 

[matt44644]

http://www.walmart.com/ip/American-Weigh-Scales-Inc.-Digital-Kitchen-Scale/21281915

 

[Carpenter Coop]

7/10/15

 

[mattsanity]

Where do you buy a scale to weigh them?

About the comment on naming future meals, they all look the same in a freezer bag! We have names for about 50% of ours. Makes it much easier to keep track of ages of chickens and all sorts of things. My grandparents had a dairy farm & when we sat down to dinner, no one ever said "We are eating Elsie tonight!" But most had names to distinguish the difference.

We got 28 eggs yesterday

I'm new to the idea of any livestock, but that's kind of my intent with any names... being able to know who's who in case of illness and just when I'm referring to them when talking to my wife or what not. They're not whimsical names... just descriptive like Red for my red EE and Duckwing for the other. I'm not going out with a dinner bell and calling them by name or anything, lol. I just thought it'd be helpful for trying to figure out if someone's not laying. But, being new to livestock I do sometimes tell my wife whose egg she's enjoying as she rolls her eyes. I hope I'm able to put the girls to full use when their egg-laying is at an end, but I have to work myself up to that and cross that bridge when I get to it.

 

[COChix]

I'm new to the idea of any livestock, but that's kind of my intent with any names... being able to know who's who in case of illness and just when I'm referring to them when talking to my wife or what not.  They're not whimsical names... just descriptive like Red for my red EE and Duckwing for the other.  I'm not going out with a dinner bell and calling them by name or anything, lol.  I just thought it'd be helpful for trying to figure out if someone's not laying.  But, being new to livestock I do sometimes tell my wife whose egg she's enjoying as she rolls her eyes.  I hope I'm able to put the girls to full use when their egg-laying is at an end, but I have to work myself up to that and cross that bridge when I get to it.

We have gotten crap from friends and family as we are naming our flock. We already ate Rojo the mean RIR roo and Little Red(another mean RIR roo) is sitting in our freezer. We got chickens specifically to be more connected to our food source, to know they were raised properly and treated well. We feel that part of that connection includes naming them if a name stands out. We have 25 birds and I would say maybe half have a name. We just pick a name that fits there personalities. The hardest ones to name have been our cornish (5), Delawares (5) and Barred Rocks (4), only one of each of those breeds have a name.

 

[WVDoug]

Where do you buy a scale to weigh them?

About the comment on naming future meals, they all look the same in a freezer bag! We have names for about 50% of ours. Makes it much easier to keep track of ages of chickens and all sorts of things. My grandparents had a dairy farm & when we sat down to dinner, no one ever said "We are eating Elsie tonight!" But most had names to distinguish the difference.

We got 28 eggs yesterday

This is what I'm using:

http://www.harborfreight.com/1000-gram-digital-scale-60332.html

 

[mattsanity]

We have gotten crap from friends and family as we are naming our flock. We already ate Rojo the mean RIR roo and Little Red(another mean RIR roo) is sitting in our freezer. We got chickens specifically to be more connected to our food source, to know they were raised properly and treated well. We feel that part of that connection includes naming them if a name stands out. We have 25 birds and I would say maybe half have a name. We just pick a name that fits there personalities. The hardest ones to name have been our cornish (5), Delawares (5) and Barred Rocks (4), only one of each of those breeds have a name.

Yeah I like that... some don't stick out enough to get a name. My Barred Rocks are like that. I can try to tell them apart by little frostbitten comb tips, lol. I had a rooster I had to rehome because they're against local ordinance and I'd called it Suzy when it was a chick and my newness to chickens showed because I had no idea it was a rooster until like 8 or 9 weeks. I just kept using it because it's funny... a rooster named Sue (zy). We had another hen that was the same breed as the rooster and looked like a mini version, so we went with Suzette. I probably don't need to name them to treat them well but I too got the chickens to try and fight the disconnect we sometimes have from where our food comes from. I want to remember it came from a living, breathing animal and not the "egg factory." Same thing if when I make it to eating one of them.

 

[COChix]

Yeah I like that... some don't stick out enough to get a name.  My Barred Rocks are like that.  I can try to tell them apart by little frostbitten comb tips, lol.  I probably don't need to name them to treat them well but I too got the chickens to try and fight the disconnect we sometimes have from where our food comes from.  I want to remember it came from a living, breathing animal and not the "egg factory."  Same thing if when I make it to eating one of them.

Yes on the disconnect issue and remembering that they are a living breathing animal. We processed both of our roosters, before chopping their heads off we did a little ceremony. We thanked the roosters for being in our lives and for providing for our family. We used every part of the roosters except their intestines.

Yeah the barred rocks and delaware are hard to tell apart. Although we have one delaware that is blind in one eye from being pecked. Her name is Left Eye cause her right eye is bad, lol. We were Going to name the other Delawares T-Boz, Chili and Salt (we have a BR named Pepper), however I never know who is who so they are nameless.