I'm at 25 weeks... Math doesn't lie...

[Birdsong 82]

With daylight hours starting to reduce now. That is expected. And it could be all of them are not laying yet. And some won't lay every day.
I've got six that are about 25 weeks old and five that are a few weeks behind. Four of the six older ones are laying and two of the five younger ones. So it all depends
One time I had an EE that didn't like her first egg for over nine months!

 

[Birdsong 82]

Talk about frustrating when you're waiting for your very first colored egg

 

[Birdsong 82]

Maybe not till spring but with the right hens next spring you'll be figuring out what to do with all the eggs. Haha. Some of them do lay some in winter especially first year

 

[Birdsong 82]

Are you sure you didn’t post this just to show off your spreadsheet savvy? You might benefit from a few hours of chicken TV.

Don't think they made the spreadsheet. Think it was one they got from hatchery

 

[Birdsong 82]

That # isn't too low expectation. Since some don't lay every day and stuff like a broody or early molt other factors and will slow down when the get older. Some days you may get more than 14 and some days maybe a few less
In the end I think your future will full of many delicious eggs though!

 

[NatJ]

Have you checked their butts to see how many are actually laying?

I've had a batch of chickens where the first was laying more than four months before the last ones started.

 

[Panhandler80]

Have you checked their butts to see how many are actually laying?

I've had a batch of chickens where the first was laying more than four months before the last ones started.

Hahaha. Good luck catching this crazy ladies!

 

[Folly's place]

My plan has been to keep smiling and giving pep talks. Good food, and I do use a winter light from 4am to 8am, and having birds older, molting, and whatever, there's never a day when every one lays an egg here. Those charts are helpful, but they are statistical values over hundreds or thousands (millions!) of birds, not very relatable to our very small flocks.
Mary

 

[Panhandler80]

I'm really not disappointed with 12 eggs / day. Considering 1,2, or 3 might not be laying, it just seemed like if I'm getting 12, and math says 14 on average, then maybe an average of 14 / day (more during some periods, and less during others) might be about what I should expect.

More than anything I was just curious what those with more experience thought about that number, for that flock composition. Remember, if I have a slow couple months of 11 / day, then an average of 14 will mean a couple months with 17.

 

[NatJ]

More than anything I was just curious what those with more experience thought about that number, for that flock composition. Remember, if I have a slow couple months of 11 / day, then an average of 14 will mean a couple months with 17.

Unless you are using artificial lights, they will tend to lay more eggs in spring & summer than in fall & winter. If you're working from full-year averages, then it's not surprising if they underperform at this season. Yes, it is somewhat likely that you will get a stretch averaging 17 eggs/day, next spring & summer.

Also, your charts show a low and a high for each breed. If your birds are actually laying at the "low" level for their breed, then of course they are below the "average" level.

And if any birds have not yet begun laying, that will really affect your results. Two less eggs than you expected each day can easily be explained by 3-4 birds not laying yet.