How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[GC-Raptor]

One broken under roost at 5am.
3/5 today. GC

 

[Chickassan]

2 so far, the dominicker and the Delaware. Delaware outdid herself, her normal egg is around 89g but today's egg was 122g I'm seriously hoping it's a double yolker.

 

[ChuSayBok]

It may also be due to older hens. Usually they lay really well during their first winter and then drop off more and more every subsequent winter.

I have a couple that will be 3 in the spring, 3 that will be 2, the rest are 8-9 months. Great news is one of my brown eggers laid yesterday and Tuesday one of the young girls laid an olive, so I have 2 olive eggers laying..

And the sun hasn't been out in over a week and it's bleepity bleep cold outside (for us anyway..)

 

[karenerwin]

I got a nice even dozen eggs today. It’s cold here too. High of 32, low of 19.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I did get like 5 between the two coops mostly all from new kids on the block

 

[GardenTillers44]

2 so far, the dominicker and the Delaware.

Chickassan (and anyone else), how do you like the Dominiques?

Didn't get home until about midnight. Whatever's in the coop will have to wait until morning. 12 degrees tonight so I hope the girls are sitting on the eggs! When it's cold they will tend to huddle in the nest boxes.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Chickassan (and anyone else), how do you like the Dominiques?

Didn't get home until about midnight. Whatever's in the coop will have to wait until morning. 12 degrees tonight so I hope the girls are sitting on the eggs! When it's cold they will tend to huddle in the nest boxes.

We don't usually do not get home that late as we are disabled and retired but have never had it that cold here normally we do not have temperatures in the low 30's

 

[Chickassan]

I like her just fine,she's a good layer got tons of personality the only thing is mine is a bit bossy not representative of her breed it's just her she's been spoiled.

Chickassan (and anyone else), how do you like the Dominiques?

Didn't get home until about midnight. Whatever's in the coop will have to wait until morning. 12 degrees tonight so I hope the girls are sitting on the eggs! When it's cold they will tend to huddle in the nest boxes.

 

[GardenTillers44]

I like her just fine,she's a good layer got tons of personality the only thing is mine is a bit bossy not representative of her breed it's just her she's been spoiled.

That was my impression. My neighbor used to have some and they seemed like good foragers, good companions and decent layers, all qualities we look for. I am looking for some smaller breeds to mix with the Ameraucanas and Welsummers which are getting pushed around by the bigger chickens. My neighbor lost all hers last year to a family of mink in one night, but so far we haven't had that problem.

 

[bruceha2000]

Seriously large eggs there @Chickassan! The biggest any of my girls ever laid was 114g, from the big BA. She laid a number of big eggs on and off for awhile but thankfully settled back down to mostly L and XL.

@micstrachan - don't worry about the late moult on the BA. One of my June 2012 BAs didn't have her first adult moult until late January 2014. We get a LOT colder here than you do, well below 0°F is not abnormal at that time of year and she was fine (there is no heat out in the barn). She did smarten up and have her second adult moult the following November when it was (relatively) warm.