How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[peptowishboon]

5 so far out of 22 hens.

We got 13 by end of day yesterday. (The most we’ve got in 1 day yet)
We have quite a few that haven’t started laying yet/or just starting, and others that are near the end of going through a molt.

 

[Ponypoor]

I was wondering how having chicks in winter in Canada would be…they are adorable! Do you keep them indoors all the time weather permitting?

What breeds give you so many blue & geeen eggs?

It has been extraordinarily mild here with very little snow - I had a green Christmas

Normally it’s well below freezing and we have at least a good foot or more of snow.

So the chooks have been getting out a lot lately; when it’s the depths of winter they live inside the barn - I have a nice large horse barn, with lots of yummy horse poop to dig through, and straw to snuggle down in.

When it gets below -10c in the barn is when they all start to really feel the cold and huddle not moving much. When it gets to -20c in the barn I keep the horses inside to try and keep the barn warmer. At those temps it would be around -30c outside so the horses prefer being inside anyways.

My Hen House is inside the barn, I took half my shavings room and made it into the hen house - 4’x10’. It’s insulated and at night with the chooks in there it stays around the freezing point. This year I took the other half of the shavings room and made a second Hen House for the pullets that seemed to have accumulated this past summer (chicken math).

As for eggs, my mum will check for eggs a couple times a day to make sure they don’t freeze. Might be more of a challenge this year with the youngsters laying everywhere! It’s an Easter egg hunt here ha!

I was lucky to get some barnyard mutts that laid blue and green eggs and hatched some chicks this past summer (the dad is my Polish Roo), I also had three Azur Blues that seemed to have hidden away in my truck one day when I was getting horse feed at the feed store -Imagine that?! (Hahahaha - some one ordered 6 POL pullets and didn’t want them so I took 3 of them wish I had taken all 6 now funny friendly little birds).

I also grabbed 4, 1 day old chicks in the late summer for a broody hen who wouldn’t stop being broody, those 4 were from Hoovers, part of their coloured egg layer package. 2 lay brown eggs, 1 olive, and the 4th blue eggs.

All told I have about 7 that lay blue and green eggs. I also have a couple that lay pink eggs - it must be something to do with the crossing of my 2 older brown egg layers with the polish Roo, polish lay white eggs. Maybe someone knows if the white would cause the brown egg gene to be lightened to pink?

Blue and green

Pink and brown

 

[MysteryChicken]

5, eggs today.

 

[Winderdear]

3 today! We were off visiting family so the girls were stuck in their run. I think Mei took the day off in protest. Hoping I’ll get my speckled egg tomorrow!

 

[NanaK]

I got 4 today and a very broody 8 month old. She tried to steal an egg under her wing.
She was very flustered with me.

 

[Iluveggers]

8 today!

 

[Ponypoor]

I got 4 today and a very broody 8 month old. She tried to steal an egg under her wing.
She was very flustered with me.
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She is very determined isn’t she?!

 

[RedwoodCoastChick]

Another 6 out of 8 today, girls are back on a roll! Martha's blue, the 2 Eggers' greens, 2 browns and the pinkish-brown (I wish I knew which girl lays those!)

We had over 2" of rain [yesterday and into early morning today] but it was actually SUNNY for a change today and they were all outside partying. Tracked those muddy feet into the nest boxes, alas, despite all the dry wood chips and shavings between the coop door & nests to blot it off. So, about half of today's eggs have mud streaks (sigh).

 

[chrissynemetz]

3 today.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Would have had 5 broke 1 inside my jacket pocket.
Banty are still on strike.