Hi,
This is phenomenal for me! I have 41 chickens, many of which are not layers or not good layers and I actually got 100 eggs this week!
The ones that don't lay or don't lay all that well:
3 roosters
7 chicks that are too young to lay
4 pullets that just became of laying age but haven't layed yet
Another 3 young pullets that are laying sporadically
1 tiny Bantam that lays once in a while
1 Polish hen that recently went into a molt and it doesn't seem she is laying yet
7 Silkies (unpredictable since there are some broody ones, it seems all the time)
7 quite old RIR's that do lay but I only get 1-4 eggs a day from all of them
The good layers:
3 Leghorns
2 RIR pullets that have just started laying and are laying regularly
1 EE that is a great layer (4 or 5 days in a row and one day off)
2 Frizzles that lay fairly regularly
So now all I have to do is figure out what to do with all of these eggs! I don't sell them so I use as many as I can and give the rest away. I think I will be doing A LOT of baking!
I have to say 100 eggs this week is a first for me.
Just had to share my good fortune! Genie
This is phenomenal for me! I have 41 chickens, many of which are not layers or not good layers and I actually got 100 eggs this week!
The ones that don't lay or don't lay all that well:
3 roosters
7 chicks that are too young to lay
4 pullets that just became of laying age but haven't layed yet
Another 3 young pullets that are laying sporadically
1 tiny Bantam that lays once in a while
1 Polish hen that recently went into a molt and it doesn't seem she is laying yet
7 Silkies (unpredictable since there are some broody ones, it seems all the time)
7 quite old RIR's that do lay but I only get 1-4 eggs a day from all of them
The good layers:
3 Leghorns
2 RIR pullets that have just started laying and are laying regularly
1 EE that is a great layer (4 or 5 days in a row and one day off)
2 Frizzles that lay fairly regularly
So now all I have to do is figure out what to do with all of these eggs! I don't sell them so I use as many as I can and give the rest away. I think I will be doing A LOT of baking!
I have to say 100 eggs this week is a first for me.
Just had to share my good fortune! Genie