Is there an app or something to track egg laying?

[3KillerBs]

I'll try both the SnootyHen method and this app (called Flockstar) and report back.

Please do. In fact, if you try several you could write a review of them as a useful article.

I haven't figured out how I want to track eggs in order to keep track of which hens I want to breed after I get a rooster.

 

[RoyalChick]

Please do. In fact, if you try several you could write a review of them as a useful article.

I haven't figured out how I want to track eggs in order to keep track of which hens I want to breed after I get a rooster.

Wow - how high tech everyone is. I am ashamed to say I use a paper calendar that I keep in the coop with a pencil on a piece of string.

 

[3KillerBs]

Wow - how high tech everyone is. I am ashamed to say I use a paper calendar that I keep in the coop with a pencil on a piece of string.

My problem with that would be trying to compile it all once I got to the point of saying, "I'll collect eggs for incubation from my 5 best hens".

 

[black_cat]

Please do. In fact, if you try several you could write a review of them as a useful article.

I haven't figured out how I want to track eggs in order to keep track of which hens I want to breed after I get a rooster.

Great idea!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I use Mother Hen
It tracks egg laying by every hen, by specie (if you have ducks, guinea, geese, quails or turkeys too) and by colour.
You can also create a page for every hen where you can type everyting about her (like hatch or buy date, parents, etc.)

Oooooohhhh I like that one tracks expenses too!

 

[black_cat]

I found some more apps, so my experiment will use:
Paper Calendar marking (using my BYC calendar, of course)
Flockstar App
FreshEggsDaily Spreadsheet
Henify App
FlockPlenty App
Farm App

 

[black_cat]

I use Mother Hen
It tracks egg laying by every hen, by specie (if you have ducks, guinea, geese, quails or turkeys too) and by colour.
You can also create a page for every hen where you can type everyting about her (like hatch or buy date, parents, etc.)

I saw that one, but it costs money so I'm going to stick to the free ones.

 

[SnootyHen]

My problem with that would be trying to compile it all once I got to the point of saying, "I'll collect eggs for incubation from my 5 best hens".

Mine would be covered in chicken poop Like everything else in there...

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

I know it's only been a couple of weeks but how's your experiment going? My flock just started laying again. I say it every year but this year I'd really like to track production.
@black_cat

 

[black_cat]

I know it's only been a couple of weeks but how's your experiment going? My flock just started laying again. I say it every year but this year I'd really like to track production.
@black_cat

It's going great!! I do forget to log eggs, occasionally
So far my overall favorite is the app Flockstar, if you're only looking to log eggs. (other apps can log feed etc)
You get to have a picture for each bird in your flock, and when you log an egg, you can add a pic of the egg, the egg's weight, and if it was damaged or broken. I also really like that there's a leaderboard for the chickens
The one problem is that I have to guess which RSL of mine laid a brown egg, because I don't have a camera, and that's not the app's fault.