I don't have enough hens
to be that picky right now. I'm hoping next year I can choose which eggs to hatch. One of my hens lays a really ovoid egg, it's big but a strange shape. I'd like to not hatch those. I kind of think I need a solid dozen hens so that I can be choosy. We have plans to make a duplex this fall. The duplex will have a side for a crested cockerel over uncrested hens and the other side will be opposite. At that point I can keep 12-18 hens.
And 3 or 4 roosters. Really, I love these roosters. They are total eye candy for the yard!
I havn't tracked for an entire year because the birds are young (10 months now). I hope to track starting in January.
I have a broody
(crazy bird - doesn't she know she isn't a broody breed?). When all four are laying I get an average of 3 eggs per day with the odd 2 or 4 egg day. We plan to use solar lights in the hen house so we can get a few more through the winter. Our winters are mild and the hens tend to reduce laying but don't totally quit. I hope to keep them laying all winter so I can hatch more chicks for ME. I've had a hard time keeping them on the farm this summer.