Today's temperature = # of eggs.

[osagechickens]

The temps here have been in the mid teens with lots of wind and snow. I have 5 Rhode Island reds and 5 Barred Rocks. They have been laying since the first week of December. For the past month I have averaged 8 eggs one day and 10 eggs the next. They seem to be very consistent in this pattern and I am very pleased with the out come.

Mark

 

[ellymayRans]

Yesterday hi 24 lo 10 w/light snow; 3 eggs from all 3 laying hens (EE, BA & Salmon Fav)
Today hi 38 lo 19; 3 eggs from all 3 laying hens (EE, BA & Salmon Fav)

 

[stone_family3]

35 and 2 eggs, my EE just won't lay :I

 

[Gifa]

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Zoe​

Nandi​

Inara​

Kaylee​

Yolanda​

Saffron​

Bridget​

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Breed:​

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B. Leghorn​

SLW​

SLW​

EE​

EE​

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# Eggs
1/27​

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40°F​

65°F​

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10H 3M​

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10:30am​

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3:15pm​

On Hiatus​

7:30am​

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1:45pm​

4
1/28​

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59°F​

74°F​

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10H 5M​

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4:00pm​

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day off​

On Hiatus​

9:45am​

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day off​

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1/29​

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33°F​

68°F​

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10H 7M​

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day off​

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9:30am​

On Hiatus​

12:00pm​

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7:45am​

3
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22°F​

33°F​

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10H 9M​

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10:30am​

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4:15pm​

On Hiatus​

3:00pm​

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12:00pm​

4
1/31​

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8°F​

24°F​

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10H 11M​

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4:00pm​

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day off​

On Hiatus​

day off​

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4:30pm​

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4°F​

28°F​

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10H 13M​

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day off​

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9:30am​

On Hiatus​

9:00am​

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day off​

2
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26°F​

38°F​

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10H 15M​

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9:30am​

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2:00pm​

On Hiatus​

11:00am​

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8:45am​

4
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26°F​

46°F​

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10H 17M​

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3:00pm​

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day off​

On Hiatus​

2:30pm​

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1:30pm​

3
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26°F​

48°F​

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10H 20M​

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day off​

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9:45am​

On Hiatus​

day off​

11:30am​

day off​

2
2/5​

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26°F​

57°F​

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10H 22M​

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7-9am​

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2-3pm​

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7-9am​

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7-9am​

4-5
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31°F​

59°F​

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10H 24M​

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3-4pm​

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day off​

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10-11am​

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12-1pm​

3-4​

*blue = Forecast

 

[twinzmom]

The high temp today was 29 but the air felt damp and much colder. The low temp was 15.
6 eggs

 

[lahowardjr]

Gifa,
I appreciate what you've done with your schedule... but I think your a little burnt up!

Low last night was 31 and the day time high was 60. I got five eggs from fourteen Orphingtons.

 

[Gifa]

Not sure what you mean or why it's so funny.

 

[Hooligans7]

The temps here have been in the mid teens with lots of wind and snow. I have 5 Rhode Island reds and 5 Barred Rocks. They have been laying since the first week of December. For the past month I have averaged 8 eggs one day and 10 eggs the next. They seem to be very consistent in this pattern and I am very pleased with the out come.

Mark

Hi Mark, I'd be very pleased, too! Congratulations, and can you tell me about their diet? You're obviously doing something right. I have three older BR pullets that have been laying since early October with supplementary light. Early on I was getting 2-3 eggs every day, but for more than two weeks now, only two eggs from the same two chickens. The third has been on vacation.
We feed them laying mash from a local feed mill as well as treats and anything they can find in the yard and nearby woods. My wife gives them a small bowl of warm oatmeal and a little milk seasoned with wild bird seed on frosty mornings. I think she'll miss doing that when warmer weather arrives. Ha.

 

[Hooligans7]

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Name:​

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Zoe​

Nandi​

Inara​

Kaylee​

Yolanda​

Saffron​

Bridget​

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Breed:​

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B. Leghorn​

SLW​

SLW​

EE​

EE​

EE​

EE​

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Date​

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Day Length​

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# Eggs
1/27​

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40°F​

65°F​

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10H 3M​

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10:30am​

~​

3:15pm​

On Hiatus​

7:30am​

~​

1:45pm​

4
1/28​

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59°F​

74°F​

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10H 5M​

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4:00pm​

~​

day off​

On Hiatus​

9:45am​

~​

day off​

2
1/29​

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33°F​

68°F​

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10H 7M​

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day off​

~​

9:30am​

On Hiatus​

12:00pm​

~​

7:45am​

3
1/30​

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22°F​

33°F​

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10H 9M​

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10:30am​

~​

4:15pm​

On Hiatus​

3:00pm​

~​

12:00pm​

4
1/31​

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8°F​

24°F​

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10H 11M​

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4:00pm​

~​

day off​

On Hiatus​

day off​

~​

4:30pm​

2
2/1​

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4°F​

28°F​

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10H 13M​

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day off​

~​

9:30am​

On Hiatus​

9:00am​

~​

day off​

2
2/2​

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26°F​

38°F​

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10H 15M​

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9:30am​

~​

2:00pm​

On Hiatus​

11:00am​

~​

8:45am​

4
2/3​

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26°F​

46°F​

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10H 17M​

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3:00pm​

~​

day off​

On Hiatus​

2:30pm​

~​

1:30pm​

3
2/4​

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26°F​

48°F​

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10H 20M​

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day off​

~​

9:45am​

On Hiatus​

day off​

11:30am​

day off​

2
2/5​

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26°F​

57°F​

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10H 22M​

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7-9am​

~​

2-3pm​

?​

7-9am​

?​

7-9am​

4-5
2/6​

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31°F​

59°F​

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10H 24M​

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3-4pm​

~​

day off​

?​

10-11am​

?​

12-1pm​

3-4​

*blue = Forecast

Gifa, can you tell me what the tilde (~) symbol means in your chart? Thanks!

 

[Gifa]

Gifa, can you tell me what the tilde (~) symbol means in your chart? Thanks!

It means this pullet has yet to lay her first egg... so... tilde = "not laying" They are all 37 weeks old. So, Nandi is being a very bad girl, though, I expect her to start before Feb 16th.

The question mark means I have not identified an established laying cycle/pattern. Kaylee is going through a little 9 month mini-molt, so, she stopped laying 2 weeks ago... don't know when she'll start, but until then, she's an unknown. Saffron laid her first egg yesterday... gotta wait to see if she lays another one today... if she does, it won't be until 3-4pm, but because yesterday was a big dubya tee eff moment for her, I won't be completely surprised if she skips a day or two before her second. I watched her lay her first yesterday, the look on her face was priceless, and then after she laid it, she just kind of stood there for a while in the egg laying posture just kinda lookin' around, hehe.