How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[matt44644]

peewee 35g
small 43g
medium 50g
large 57g
x large 64g
jumbo 71g

 

[minnehaha]

Good morning, sorry it took so long to respond, we had a HUGE snow storm yesterday and it took ALL day to plow out. We are on 18 acres up in the mountains and our driveway is 1/4 mile long and t's so steep we have a switch back! We have ATV's with plows to get it cleared. Then there is the parking lot in front of the house, that is very time consuming to plow. I call plowing snow my "winter recreational sport" because some winters it snows so much that it seems like that's all I do.

Back to chickens~

Our hatching room is a part of an 8x16 hen house, it is partitioned off with a door on the inside. It's absolutely perfect for a broody and chicks. Right now though, our 3 ducks go in there at night. I had to separate them from the chickens because they are bullies and of course super messy!!!

I made a coop album with pictures of the inside of the coop if you want to see it. I see you have a coop album too, Im going to check it out. Is there pics of the broody coop inside the big coop in the album?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/g/a/6879108/coops/

broody:
Now that we have had our first big storm, I know that I could wait to let a broody hatch eggs, it really would add to the complication of life....don't even get me started on keeping even more water from freezing.

My broody plucks all of her feathers from her belly as well. I had 3 broodies late summer, all 3 plucked their tummy feathers. The only broody I'll let hatch eggs this spring is that one black orp though, she was by far the best mom.

eggs:
I have an egg handling licence and a business licence for Washington state. The number one problem have is that I must provide new egg cartons, and they are EXPENSIVE. I'm still looking for a work around on that one.

Heat:
I do not provide heat in the coop. However, I do have 2 heat lamps set up for extreme cold, maybe 10 below zero. The heat lamps in an 8 x16 building should only raise the temp a little. I am mounting a temp sensor in the coop today, it's wifi, so I can read the temp inside the coop from inside the house. The heat lamps are still up for debate though, still researching, I do not want to see frostbite....

I'm not supplementing light either. Your egg numbers are better than mine. I got 18/27 the day before yesterday, but only 14 yesterday. I provide a lot of extra protein as well.

 

[COChix]

Mine did not like the snow either. I hope chickens that live in really snowy places like it better.

Not sure about liking the snow, but ours don't seem to mind it too much. Sure we have a few girls that don't seem to care for it at all. Ours are cold hardy breeds so that helps, it also helps having straw in the run and making a path covered in straw out to the free range area. As long as they have something to walk and stand on (plus roosts) to get them off the snow all makes a big difference. At least from my experience so far.

33 out of 57. Anyone using artifical lighting? We are.

No lighting, right now averaging 15eggs from 23 hens. When I was feeding a mix of higher protein we were getting 18-19 a day. Will be going back to that, or getting my butt in gear on fodder.

5 out of 10 + Scout yesterday.  But big news!  Went out last night to make sure the coop and run were locked up and Scout was on the roost with the others, sitting right between Mom Agatha and one of the Marans!  Roosting!  She got up there by herself and she was out in the run this morning with the others so she obviously got down by herself!  Her toes are still curled - I'm not working on trying to straighten them any more because she's just getting too old for it to be really effectivec anyway.  But apparently it's not slowing her down any!  Yayyy, Scout!

Yeah! Good job on nursing Scout so she can be part of the flock, sounds like she is figuring it out. They are resilient animals, ask discovered after we had one go blind in one eye after being pecked. Today is a happy functioning member of our flock.

Yesterday's count 15/23

 

[Blooie]

Three eggs so far today. What do average size eggs weigh? I have the unknown hen with the tiny eggs .....they are averaging 40 grams. Sassafras the RSL has only been laying for about three weeks and earlier this week she laid an 83 gram egg and this morning a 90 gram egg.....these look awfully big to me and both times they have had a bit of blood on them. I wish she would lay smaller eggs that are not so painful looking. Do RSLs usually lay that large an egg? Oh maybe I should ask over on that thread.

I have 3 RSL and their eggs are consistently in the extra large to jumbo category. My smallest, Ida, gave me a 112 gram egg followed a few days later by a 123 gram egg!

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

1 so far. There was a torrential rain pour. Though, I just heard come cackling from outside, so I anticipate 1 or two more today.

 

[vpatt]

I have 3 RSL and their eggs are consistently in the extra large to jumbo category. My smallest, Ida, gave me a 112 gram egg followed a few days later by a 123 gram egg!

Oh yowy! I do remember reading about your eggs.....but I couldn't remember who and which thread. Oh my those are some huge eggs!

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

Good morning, sorry it took so long to respond, we had a HUGE snow storm yesterday and it took ALL day to plow out. We are on 18 acres up in the mountains and our driveway is 1/4 mile long and t's so steep we have a switch back! We have ATV's with plows to get it cleared. Then there is the parking lot in front of the house, that is very time consuming to plow. I call plowing snow my "winter recreational sport" because some winters it snows so much that it seems like that's all I do.

Back to chickens~

Our hatching room is a part of an 8x16 hen house, it is partitioned off with a door on the inside. It's absolutely perfect for a broody and chicks. Right now though, our 3 ducks go in there at night. I had to separate them from the chickens because they are bullies and of course super messy!!!

I made a coop album with pictures of the inside of the coop if you want to see it. I see you have a coop album too, Im going to check it out. Is there pics of the broody coop inside the big coop in the album?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/g/a/6879108/coops/

broody:
Now that we have had our first big storm, I know that I could wait to let a broody hatch eggs, it really would add to the complication of life....don't even get me started on keeping even more water from freezing.

My broody plucks all of her feathers from her belly as well. I had 3 broodies late summer, all 3 plucked their tummy feathers. The only broody I'll let hatch eggs this spring is that one black orp though, she was by far the best mom.

eggs:
I have an egg handling licence and a business licence for Washington state. The number one problem have is that I must provide new egg cartons, and they are EXPENSIVE. I'm still looking for a work around on that one.

Heat:
I do not provide heat in the coop. However, I do have 2 heat lamps set up for extreme cold, maybe 10 below zero. The heat lamps in an 8 x16 building should only raise the temp a little. I am mounting a temp sensor in the coop today, it's wifi, so I can read the temp inside the coop from inside the house. The heat lamps are still up for debate though, still researching, I do not want to see frostbite....

I'm not supplementing light either. Your egg numbers are better than mine. I got 18/27 the day before yesterday, but only 14 yesterday. I provide a lot of extra protein as well.

So, are they requiring you to take them to a USDA facility for "grading" for a fee that makes it to cost inefficient except for the Monsantos of the industry?

 

[matt44644]

Corn is up to $.073 per lb
http://www.quotecorn.com/

 

[RobJones]

Will someone please tell me how to send an ovasion on this site

 

[matt44644]

Will someone please tell me how to send an ovasion on this site

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