How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[karenerwin]

I am using an incubator no one is broody thankfully

I haven't any broodies in 3 or 4 years with chickens, until this year that is!! This last hen makes 4 broodies this summer. It's crazy!

 

[koopmaster]

In my 1 year of experience. 1/2 decrease is totally fine and normal. Heat and other stress might take 1-2 days to affect most chickens as that will likely alre
.ady have an egg in route before the stress.

Back when I had just 6 I could tell each girls egg apart and was even able to track who skipped when and how often. I averaged 4 a day but anywhere between 2 and 6. I had 2 that laid 7+ in a row 2 that laid 3-4 in a row and 2 that laid 2-3 in a row. Most days were 3 to 5 eggs but sometimes most of them took a break on the same day. 90% of the time if I got only 2-3 eggs one day with no obvious stress the next would easily be 5-6 eggs. If they stayed in the 2-4 range over the next few days I would have to think back to possible issues, did anything happen? Has it been to hot? Recently I had 12 girls I have 11 now as one randomly died (heat I believe) my egg count dropped from a 7 average to a 4 average for the remaining 11, but it wasn't till the second full day after she passed that I saw the decrease. 3 or 4 days later I was getting 6-7 eggs again.

Basically as long as they bounce back the next day don't stress a sudden drop. If they drop and stay low consider what's been going on.

Sawwilliams, thanks for the response! Yes i know what your saying. When we had 4 hens, 2 Barred Rock, & 2 R.I.R.'s, i could tell each of the "ladies" eggs apart from the others too! & like you said, pretty darn sure which one was "slackin" that day also,
Here are ours14 hens and 3 roosters, gettin ready for bed

 

[sawilliams]

Sawwilliams, thanks for the response! Yes i know what your saying. When we had 4 hens, 2 Barred Rock, & 2 R.I.R.'s, i could tell each of the "ladies" eggs apart from the others too! & like you said, pretty darn sure which one was "slackin" that day also,
Here are ours14 hens and 3 roosters, gettin ready for bed

Beautiful flock love the roosting bars, I need to finish my upgrades so I can do my bars like that too

 

[sawilliams]

7/11 I wish it would cool down and stay cool so my EE will lay better. I'm only getting 1-2 a day from 5 EE, I think that only 2 or 3 are actively laying. I know 2 of them quit rather easily.

Question though... one of my EE tends to leave trace blood on all her eggs. I think I know which one it is. She still lays rather small eggs, and has been laying about a month I think. Is there any issues I might need to check her for? Her eggs haven't increased much in size if at all, and I have not noticed her struggling to lay.

 

[Chicken puzzled]

3/10 today

 

[GC-Raptor]

Sawwilliams, thanks for the response! Yes i know what your saying. When we had 4 hens, 2 Barred Rock, & 2 R.I.R.'s, i could tell each of the "ladies" eggs apart from the others too! & like you said, pretty darn sure which one was "slackin" that day also,
Here are ours14 hens and 3 roosters, gettin ready for bed

I love the color variety of your flock. Just kidding. My flock of 5 are the same breed. I hope to add another color-breed next year. But to do so I need to build a larger coop.

I wish my girls would roost like yours. Mine crowd onto the top roost, which is only six inches higher than the lower roost. GC

 

[GC-Raptor]

Oh yeah I got 5 eggs yesterday, 1 of them weird. GC

 

[chooks01]

7eggs plus 1 tiny one

 

[GC-Raptor]

5/5 today as of 10:30am. So it's still early. Little One's been pushing em out about every 21 hours, albeit a bit weird. Trying to catch up to her sisters? Being she started about 10 days after the first two girls. It would not be the first time I got six. GC

 

[sunflowerbee]

Still no more eggs. Just one tiny egg over a week ago