How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[fuzzi]

Another day of 8 eggs out of 8 pullets! It seems like feeding them the wetted down layer pellets with added eggshells and oyster shell makes a difference. Maybe it makes it easier for the pullets that are low in the pecking order to eat more food?

Two today by 3pm.

Yum, eggshells!!

 

[Meg22]

I think my oldest EEs are about 4 years old. Some people have hens they say are 8 or 10 years old and still laying the occasional egg. But ours are not pets and I like to process them before they are completely useless for the pot; although some may say that at this age, they are. They still make good soup, dumplings, broth and bone broth. As they age they become more liable to diseases and I certainly have no use for sick chickens for the table. So 3 to 4 years is about the max for us, but everybody's different.

Our 2 oldest (by 9 weeks) have been granted pet status. The others have to earn their keep. We only have a small amount of space.
1 today. Been stormy though.

 

[Racsan]

Got 7 today, my average is 8 from the 10 birds, I have got 10 eggs before on one day but only a few times. Heres one of those times!

 

[Tstraub]

6 today

 

[chrissynemetz]

4 today.

 

[Meg22]

2 today. Storm has passed.

 

[Smokerbill]

Three days in a row, eight nice eggs out of eight pullets. Impressive girls!

 

[Tstraub]

Just 4 today but the colors look good. I’m not sure who laid the speckled one. The jersey giant lays the darkest of my currently laying girls but I’ve never seen one like this. I

do have 2 young marans(17 weeks) but they are barely pink in the comb so I can’t imagine it was one of them.

 

[fuzzi]

Three!

 

[Racsan]

Came home at 5 today and had 9 eggs total, only hen that didnt give was my bantam and she gave me a egg the last 3 days. My americana gave me her green egg today after a 2 day break. The one wrinkly egg is back, all I can think when I get one is “ouch!” lol