How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[Marle94]

One last night when I got home from work, hidden in the Crepe Myrtles

 

[LaFleche]

Four eggs today. The pullets are still holding back.

 

[duckmeister]

On March 25th received 3 Wyandotte and 3 Sulmtaler day old hen chicks from Greenfirefarms, on the way home stopped and got 2 Leghorn hen chicks from Tractor supply, the leghorn hens started laying in August, the others a month later. Nearly every day since they started the Leghorns lay a egg a day, a couple of times thd 2 of them have managed 3 eggs in one day. The other 6 hens manage to occasionaly lay 2 eggs, but here lately just 1 egg total from 6 hens. The Leghorns lay a large egg, it amazes me that such little hens lay such a large egg in comparison, the other 6 hens are huge big birds and the 1 egg a day they manage to lay between the 6 of them is medium in size at best, more on the small medium size. So this morning out of 8 hens, I got 2 large Leghorn eggs and 1 little egg, whether it's a Sulmtaler egg or a Wyandotte egg, I have no idea. I paid $283 for 10 chicks I received from Greenfire and paid $ 8.00 for the 2 Leghorns chicks. I love Leghorns. They'r my girls now.

 

[LaFleche]

the leghorn hens started laying in August, the others a month later. Nearly every day since they started the Leghorns lay a egg a day, a couple of times thd 2 of them have managed 3 eggs in one day. The other 6 hens manage to occasionaly lay 2 eggs, but here lately just 1 egg total from 6 hens. The Leghorns lay a large egg, it amazes me that such little hens lay such a large egg

Yes, their performance is unrivaled but it comes at a costly price as they exhaust themselves rather early on and their tiny bodies succumb to the overexertion.

 

[duckmeister]

Yes, their performance is unrivaled but it comes at a costly price as they exhaust themselves rather early on and their tiny bodies succumb to the overexertion.

Well my Leghorns are gonna be treated like royalty as long as they live and will even when they quit laying they will be taken well care of. Have a leghorn rooster from the March chicks and ordered 15 more leghorn chicks from Strombergs in Sept that are 1/2 grown now, so with the rooster will hatch my own chicks. The Stromberg leghorns seem to be a different strain from the Tractor Supply, they seem to have a smaller comb on their head, or maybe they have to just get older. Anybody know what strain of Leghorn that TS sells, what hatchery they come from? In defense of the Wyandotte's and Sulmtalers, they are excellent table bird breeds, one of the Sulmtaler roosters got to mean so we processed him, and huge big breasted birds, excellent. I had to enlarge the opening of the henhouse door so the Wyandotts hens could get in and out without getting stuck, big square bodied birds.

 

[pennyJo1960]

2 from big girls, DH opened the coops did not turn lights on.

 

[Winderdear]

1 today from Juin

 

[WingItRanch]

7 today! Including a first speckled egg from my Welsummer. So happy with the variety of colors! Good job, pullets!

I now have 9 layers. 2 more pullets are holding out.

 

[Ponypoor]

I live in Maryland and I have some that are 7 months and then some that are about 18 weeks old I no we have some Easter riggers I’m not positive what the rest are

They are lovely A beautiful flock in the making.

 

[WingItRanch]

They are lovely A beautiful flock in the making.

Thank you, friend!