How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[Sequel]

Today I got no eggs at all! The way they have changed nesting sites I would look for hidden nest spots but there isn’t anywhere else but the coop that they could hide one in.

 

[karenerwin]

I got 16 eggs today. It was beautiful out today!!

 

[sealer39]

2 1/2 fingers wide? I’d say she’s definitely laying. Easter Eggers can be VERY smart and VERY sneaky. You should try isolating her and see if she lays by herself.

On the other hand, some hens just can’t lay. I had a blue Cochin (she died in December 2019) who had a defective shell gland. She laid her first egg at 10 months, before that I was convinced she was some kind of hen-feathered cockerel. She laid only a handful of eggs before her death at 1 year 9 months. So sad. I miss her.

Anyway, not every girl can lay. I hope yours is just outfoxing you.

I wish she was but there is no place in the coop or run for her to be hiding eggs. It is possible that she could be the worlds fasted layer but I’ve never even seen her get near the nest boxes. I’ve seen all the other chickens laying eggs but not her and I’ve never got a total of six green/blue eggs which is the number of EEs I have. I can look at all the other chicken eggs and know what chickens they came from so I know that she is not laying another color. Nope, so far she is just a free loader.

 

[Stephh0701]

Just a question to you folks who get 10+ eggs a day. What do you do with all of them? Gift them? Sell them? Bake a lot of cakes? Throw them at people's houses? I'm just genuinely curious.

I have a household of 5 and with 4 hens, I've been getting 2 to 3 eggs a day on average, which is about enough for our needs. I mean unless you're Cool Hand Luke, nobody is eating that many eggs a day.

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I get between 9 (on a bad day) and 13 a day. We give to neighbors and I bake quite a bit for the family. Sometimes I make cakes for weddings, showers, or birthdays and I swear our eggs are the secret ingredient that makes then as good as they are. We also have 4 kids, 3 boys and 1 girl with another little boy on the way so having a constant protein in the house is great. Especially considering my 13 year old is 5'10 and 135 lbs... he eats like a horse and I've considered feeding him hay like one as its be much less expensive
In our house eggs are life. Dh did not want chickens at first but after having their eggs and then eating store bought eggs he's sold. They taste like water compared to our chickens eggs.

 

[VictoriaTemple]

I’ve never got a total of six green/blue eggs which is the number of EEs I have. I can look at all the other chicken eggs and know what chickens they came from so I know that she is not laying another color. Nope, so far she is just a free loader.

Don’t take this the wrong way, I don’t know how experienced you are, but are you expecting an egg a day from each hen? Every day? Because they almost never do that. It’s a myth, perpetuated most often by Hollywood painting idyllic scenes of farm life where the rooster crows only at dawn and every hen has 2-3 clean creamy-shelled eggs warming beneath her perfectly fluffed feathers in neat and tidy golden straw. No offense intended, but if that’s what you expect, forget it! Somebody always has the day off, that’s just the nature of the bird. Are you possibly just blaming this one hen for the whole flock “coming up short”? Like I said, isolate her, you’ll find out if she’s laying. Easter Eggers are generally workaholics, my Sonora laid 6 eggs a week all winter, and now that spring has begun my other girls started eating her eggs just to keep her out of the nest! I swear that poor girl would lay every day if she could, but it would wear her little body out.

@JoeInPA, I have started selling my extra eggs on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. It’s awesome! I don’t get much, $3 per dozen or $4 for 18, but it’s something and better than letting them go to waste. If you list on Facebook, though, you have to be careful. They refused my posting as violating their policy against selling animals just because I had cute pictures of my flock in the listing. Only eggs for sale, I CAN read, but I had to remove the pictures before relisting. Craigslist has no problem with it. I also offered to trade eggs for garden veggies, grass clippings, and other supplemental chicken feed items to keep my feed bills low. Just asking friends I couldn’t give the darn things away, but now I am actually collecting for an advance order, and I save just enough for my family, no more.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have been around chickens since I was 3 took a break from 17 to 58 forced to retire went to chickens to keep me going ...
11 between two coops 5 from silky so 3 yesterday 2 today have a broody up there she takes the eggs the others lay also has 4 she is hatching for me

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Just a question to you folks who get 10+ eggs a day. What do you do with all of them? Gift them? Sell them? Bake a lot of cakes? Throw them at people's houses? I'm just genuinely curious.

I have a household of 5 and with 4 hens, I've been getting 2 to 3 eggs a day on average, which is about enough for our needs. I mean unless you're Cool Hand Luke, nobody is eating that many eggs a day.

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Joe, I may have answered this already, I don't remember, but if so here I am answering it again. I live in a very small town, population 300+, and don't know many people. I've found a couple of elderly ladies I sell my surplus eggs to, and I charge $1/doz. I know, lol, I'm practically giving them away, and that comes nowhere near covering the cost of feeding them! But their purpose is not egg production, it's therapy and tick control. And the money I get for eggs does not go back toward their expenses, it goes toward spreading the gospel. Before Covid-19, when I had more eggs than my customers needed, I donated them to my chuch's Community Center for them to sell. I can't do that now, as the Center is closed, but I do have neighbors willing to take my extras, so it's all good.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Averaging a dozen a day. Sorry, not faithful to post daily.

 

[chrissynemetz]

49 today

 

[BigBlueHen53]

49 today

Wow! How many chickens do you have? Do you sell your eggs? You must have a commercial refrigerator!