How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[tntchix]

5/6 no bantam egg

 

[KentuckyMom]

1/6 Still molting... Getting colder here too.

 

[Outpost JWB]

What kind of lighting scheme do you have them on?

Not a good one. Just one old light on a silver clamp type thing. We are revising our coop and have glass to incorporate some natural light. Just haven't made it that far yet

 

[kkcummins]

10/23. 12are In one stage or another of molting. The other 11 are 6month old pullets with no lighting as of yet. I do not plan to light the other coop this and give the big girls a break They are all 18 months and have been laying like maniacs for a year.

 

[Kadu]

3/3 yesterday!!!!!

My RIR started laying....

 

[Blooie]

7/9 today and one sweet new baby under Agatha. Boy this 2 one day and 7 the next is playing havoc with my egg sales. Gonna be a looong winter I think.

 

[WVDoug]

8/14 today, 10/14 yesterday.
Seven chicks almost 8 weeks old all sleeping together in one box, 4 pullets, 3 cockerels. Mommas are back up on the roost.
Broody Buffy still sitting on 8 eggs due Nov. 7.

 

[Kadu]

I totally understand your excitement!!!

 

[Kadu]

 

[Outpost JWB]

How old and what breeds? That has a lot to do with it. It's essential for them to molt every year. That period allows the reproductive tract to rejuvenate for the next laying cycle.

Yeah, some are going thru molt. I have 3 hens in a large dog crate because their feathers have not grown back yet. I know light is a big issue we struggle with, aside from having a very long extension cord going to the back of the 3 acre property, we can't do much about it. The lean to barn does not have electric and it would cost far too much to have it ran. It has not been sunny here either. Lots of dreary, fall days. So even as they free range, no sunlight.

Age and breeds....hmmmm.

We have some golden comets, rhode island reds, 2 barred rocks, astralorps, and one white hen. They are all 2+ years old. Have all been laying great until about a month ago when the weather turned,
We have some rhode island reds, 2 jersey giants & another white hen that are 1 year old.
We have some rhode island reds, rhode island red/speckle sussex mix, easter eggers, black cooper French marans, blue cooper french marans, olive eggers, australorp, buff orphington born end of March 2014.
We have 1 rhode island red, 1 australorp, 1 Dixie rainbow, 1 white born end of April 2014.
Last but not least, we have 1 australorp born early July 2014. To my knowledge, none of the new pullets from this year have laid any eggs. So, the youngest is just 16weeks old, but the other new ones are all 24+weeks old. We were getting 2+dozen each day from our 2year girls in spring and early summer. Now nothing from anyone.