How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[Happy hen lover]

11 today from my sweet hens. I refreshed the nest boxes for a reward, and my DH dug up weeds and gave them a garden cart full.

 

[Ponypoor]

No, nothing added and not washed nor polished either. But I don't feed commercial layer feed.

They are gorgeous. I would love some Marans or other dark egg layer (Barnvelders I think lay dark eggs??). Balance out my pastel colours.

 

[LaFleche]

23 left oft todays 24. I dropped a beautiful turquoise egg and the dogs enjoyed it immediately.

 

[LaFleche]

They are gorgeous. I would love some Marans or other dark egg layer (Barnvelders I think lay dark eggs??). Balance out my pastel colours.

Yes, Barnevelders, Marans and also Penedesenca, a Spanish breed, lay dark brown eggs.
There is an article here on BYC about Penedesenca:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-breed-focus-penedesenca.1491855/

 

[Smokerbill]

I'm calling it at 6 eggs today. Don't really expect another one, but one hen didn't put out today so who knows?

I'm beginning to think that the layer feed I'm giving my chickens is deficient somehow. When they're exclusively on the feed, it seems that after several days the eggs become more fragile, and the color of the shells lightens.

When I throw produce scraps into the run for a few days to supplement the layer feed (lettuce, cabbage, tomatoes, etc), the quality of the eggs seems to improve- harder shells that are a darker brown in color.

Maybe it's true, or it's just my imagination, or maybe it's a chicken-contentment thing.

 

[Tattersail]

9 today. It was raining all day so everyone stayed indoors.

 

[Smokerbill]

Got more trashed produce from the store today for the girls. They enjoy the variety! Hope it helps in keeping good eggs popping out.

I've found that feeding them lots of veggies doesn't decrease the amount of layer pellets they eat much at all. I kept track, and found they eat just 1/4 to 1/2 ounce fewer layer pellets a day when getting lots of produce.

Except for things like apples and grapes, most of the produce is low calorie stuff. The chickens still get hungry and eat plenty of pelleted feed.

 

[Jakemedic]

23 left oft todays 24. I dropped a beautiful turquoise egg and the dogs enjoyed it immediately.

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Beautiful eggs!

 

[Jakemedic]

7 from 12 ladies today. It was very windy, so they stayed close to the run when I let them out.

 

[Winderdear]

2 eggs today, from Juillet and Juin.

We went traipsing through the puddles again, and the girls found so many worms that they were stuffed and ready to go back to the run in 20 minutes. They love rainy days, but I’m excited for some sun tomorrow.