How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[chrissynemetz]

Congratulations!!

 

[Manhen]

One
Our very first!!!

Congratulations....wait, you aren't going to eat it are you???

 

[Manhen]

Today's first collection brought in 20, it was at 1 PM so there may not be anymore as the grass blades are now icy. One was 85 grams, a double, and the next largest was 65 grams. Never have weighed the laid before....

EDIT: 5 more, so 25 with one double yolker. A record. With heritage breeds, an egg every other day, so 50 out of 75 are likely to be laying now.

REEDIT: But if they lay heavier in the spring, it could be 40 of 75. I could get 4 dozen a day it seems...

REREEDIT: 3 more to 28. Temp has dropped from 30 this morning to 17 now. Maybe they are offloading baggage for the cold snap....

 

[kristeninprogress]

6 eggs from 6 laying hens! Just waiting on two more pullets!

 

[Manhen]

6 eggs from 6 laying hens! Just waiting on two more pullets!View attachment 2025576

Your chickens can write!

 

[kristeninprogress]

Your chickens can write!

They're true overachievers.

 

[Pennys Mama]

6 eggs from 6 laying hens! Just waiting on two more pullets!View attachment 2025576

Your chickens can write!

I was gonna say that mine don't come out labeled like that! You must have some specialty chickens!!!

 

[VictoriaTemple]

4 today. I think I need curtains on my nesting boxes. They insist on laying on the floor, often under the boxes and ALL the way back against the back wall, so I have to crawl under the boxes to get them. Clearly they don’t mind laying in poop either.

 

[Manhen]

4 today. I think I need curtains on my nesting boxes. They insist on laying on the floor, often under the boxes and ALL the way back against the back wall, so I have to crawl under the boxes to get them. Clearly they don’t mind laying in poop either.

I have a similar (the same without the crawling) issue. I am going to put up a piece of fencing under the nests to keep them out. I put one wood tray in the corner, they laid next to it, now in it and next to it. Learning, learning, learning. I will make my chickens smart.

 

[Pennys Mama]

4 today. I think I need curtains on my nesting boxes. They insist on laying on the floor, often under the boxes and ALL the way back against the back wall, so I have to crawl under the boxes to get them. Clearly they don’t mind laying in poop either.

One of my eggs was so poopy today that I thought it was the ceramic egg that stays in the nest. I hit it on a log to try to scrape the crap off & low & behold "CRACK"...... real nasty egg!!! So subtract one egg off today's total....