How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[wayneclea]

3/3 for me yesterday. I'm thinking I really need an EE from all these posts of pretty eggs!

I would like a couple of them myself.
My friend had one or two that laid blue, almost green as I recall, eggs. Sure did look nice.
But I get chicks from the feed store, and it is hard to tell what kind they are, other than their color, and that can change as they get bigger.
Except, I can tell that some are evidently Cochin by their feathered feet.
I will see about getting 4 chicks, er pullets, and one "mill run" which is most likely to be a rooster.
My neighbor and his brother bought the last of the easter chicks, mill run, one year, and every last one was a rooster.
I had one, was a barred rock, but he became a fried rock after he got out into the donkey pen and fried himself trying to get back into the chicken yard with "His Girls".
I need to fix a bigger yard for them,and roof it over with chicken wire to keep them from flying out.
Also to help keep the wild birds from coming in for feed.

 

[peacock 05]

R. EEs expensive??????? :/

 

[draye]

No more so than any other chick.

 

[peacock 05]

Thanks I. Have peas they were really expensive so now I want EEs they are really pretty birds!

 

[KayTee]

Everyone doing well today! I got eleven from fourteen hens. That's our best egg count so far!

Good stuff - they must be enjoying the new feeding regime

Well done to your girls!

 

[KayTee]

Only 2/3 again - Blackie's the slacker today

 

[peacock 05]

I thought that chickens layed two to three times a week???? :/

 

[Gifa]

So EEs what color eggs do they lay I know blue green anything else?????

I have 4 EEs. They lay the blue and the green in this photo... some EEs lay darker or brighter shades of Blue or Green, some lay a khaki color, as Bruce said, it depends on their individual heritage as to what egg color they will lay.

R. EEs expensive???????

I got my EE chicks for 2.00 a piece at my local Feed Store. You might run into a more expensive price from an Ameraucana or Araucana breeder... but Hatchery EE's like mine are no more expensive than a Wyandotte or Leghorn.

I thought that chickens layed two to three times a week????

Of course it depends on the breed, the time of year and the age of your hen, but as you can see... EEs lay more than 2 or 3 a week.

Flock Age
43 weeks
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Zoe​

Nandi​

Inara​

Kaylee​

Yolanda​

Saffron​

Bridget
B. Leghorn​

SLW​

SLW​

EE​

EE​

EE​

EE
Date​

Laying Record​

# of
Eggs
3/13​

11:00am​

day off​

on hiatus​

11:00am​

12:45am​

1:30am​

9:30am​

5
3/14​

1:00pm​

9:00am​

1:30pm​

1:00pm​

1:15pm​

4:00pm​

11:00am​

7
3/15​

4:45pm​

10:00am​

day off​

3:00pm​

4:45pm​

day off​

12:30pm​

5
3/16​

day off​

11:00am​

9:00am​

6:00pm​

on hiatus​

9:00am​

3:00pm​

5
3/17​

9:00am​

12:00am​

1:00pm​

day off​

on hiatus​

11:00am​

day off​

4
3/18​

11:00am​

12:15am​

5:00pm​

8:30am​

on hiatus​

1:15pm​

9:30am​

6
3/19​

1:00pm​

1:30pm​

day off​

9:00am​

on hiatus​

3:00pm​

11:30am​

5
3/20​

3:30pm​

2:45pm​

9:00am​

10:45am​

2:30pm​

5:00pm​

2:00pm​

7
3/21​

day off​

3:45pm​

11:00am​

11:30am​

5:30pm​

day off​

day off​

4​

 

[chickenwalker]

My 3 EEs are all different. One has more reddish/brown feathers (more like a female pheasant). One has much more slate grey. One we called Ducky because as a teenager she looked more like a male mallard in coloration. My sister has a few from the same batch that are mainly white with some rust color. From my 3 hens, I get 2 blue eggs currently averaging 60+ grams and 1 blue/green egg averaging 54 grams. They are currently laying 4 eggs per week and it has been pretty cold in Michigan! I'd recommend them as a nice addition to your flock.

 

[peacock 05]

Thanks Gifa you always seem to be there for me!!!!