Today's temperature = # of eggs.

[mommissan]

Teens today, 11 girls, 8 eggs, and one scoundrel dropped her egg in the run. Left it on the ground to freeze. The community nesting box must've been occupied.

 

[Gifa]

Flock Age
39 weeks
​

Name:​

​

Zoe​

Nandi​

Inara​

Kaylee​

Yolanda​

Saffron​

Bridget
Breed:​

B.Leghorn​

SLW​

SLW​

EE​

EE ​

EE​

EE
Date​

​

L​

H​

Day
Length
Laying Record​

# of
Eggs
2/14​

35°F​

50°F​

10H 42M​

1:30pm​

~​

day off​

On Hiatus​

4:00pm​

9:00am​

9:00am​

4
2/15​

23°F​

37°F​

10H 45M​

5:00pm​

~​

9:15am​

8:30am​

day off​

1:30pm​

11:00am​

5
2/16​

19°F​

34°F​

10H 47M​

day off​

~​

2:00pm​

2:15pm​

8:00am​

day off​

2:45pm​

4
2/17​

26°F​

56°F​

10H 49M​

10:00am​

~​

day off​

day off​

10:30am​

9:15am​

day off​

3
2/18​

30°F​

54°F​

10H 52M​

2:30pm​

1:15pm​

9:15am​

8:30am​

11:30am​

11:00am​

8:45am​

7
2/19​

22°F​

35°F​

10H 54M​

day off​

day off​

1:45pm​

10:15am​

3:00pm​

2:30pm​

11:00am​

5
2/20​

15°F​

25°F​

10H 56M​

9:00am​

9:30am​

day off​

12:00pm​

day off​

day off​

2:30pm​

4
2/21​

​

21°F​

26°F​

​

10H 58M​

​

2:45pm​

2:00pm​

day off​

1:45pm​

8:45am​

8:45am​

day off​

5
2/22​

​

13°F​

27°F​

​

11H 0M​

​

day off​

day off​

7-9am​

4-6pm​

10-12pm​

10-12pm​

7-9am​

5
2/23​

​

9°F​

31°F​

​

11H 3M​

​

7-9am​

7-9am​

12-2pm​

day off​

12-2pm​

1-3pm​

10-12pm​

6​

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Well the last 3 mornings I've left everybody in the coop because of -10 or -17 and -15. I was able to let them out at noon hour. But today the temps started out at 17 degrees this morning and 8 out of 9 were happy for it.

4 EE, 1 RIR, 1 Wyandotte, 1 BA, 1 NH.



A high of 23 and snow flurries throughout the day.

Thank you Girls. Maybe #9 will show me she's happy for it this afternoon!

 

[Gifa]

Inara's being bad, and did not lay for a 3rd day in a row... and Kaylee just couldn't squeeze one in before sunset today... so I only got three, but I should get 6 tomorrow... unless Inara decides to get with the program... in which case, I'll get 7. =)

I am sure our sudden 12 inches of snow yesterday had something to do with interrupting Inara's regularly scheduled cycle...Though... my girls were happy enough to dust bathe during thunder snow... Inara is the black tail feathers in the photo...so, I dunno...




The Wyandottes seem to be more easily disturbed by changes in their environment, and I am sure it didn't help that one of those bales was on the other side of their run before the storm... but since the wind was blowing snow from the east, I felt like doing myself a favor and blocking up a lot of the east side of the run... You can see underneath the coop how much snow would have blown into their run had I not set up the second bale next to the other one to block it. I am glad I went ahead and piled up a lot of snow around the east side... it's helped keep their space warm, dry and draft free.

 

[Savannah Soliz]

I've been getting 9 out of 12 hens past 3 days! Not too bad.. Have 1 little bantam that hasn't layed for 3 days don't know what's up with her? Anyway have a great day everyone!

 

[Gifa]

Flock Age
39 weeks
​

Name:​

​

Zoe​

Nandi​

Inara​

Kaylee​

Yolanda​

Saffron​

Bridget
Breed:​

B.Leghorn​

SLW​

SLW​

EE​

EE ​

EE​

EE
Date​

​

L​

H​

Day
Length
Laying Record​

# of
Eggs
2/16​

19°F​

34°F​

10H 47M​

day off​

~​

2:00pm​

2:15pm​

8:00am​

day off​

2:45pm​

4
2/17​

26°F​

56°F​

10H 49M​

10:00am​

~​

day off​

day off​

10:30am​

9:15am​

day off​

3
2/18​

30°F​

54°F​

10H 52M​

2:30pm​

1:15pm​

9:15am​

8:30am​

11:30am​

11:00am​

8:45am​

7
2/19​

22°F​

35°F​

10H 54M​

day off​

day off​

1:45pm​

10:15am​

3:00pm​

2:30pm​

11:00am​

5
2/20​

15°F​

25°F​

10H 56M​

9:00am​

9:30am​

day off​

12:00pm​

day off​

day off​

2:30pm​

4
2/21​

21°F​

26°F​

10H 58M​

2:45pm​

2:00pm​

day off​

1:45pm​

8:45am​

8:45am​

day off​

5
2/22​

18°F​

28°F​

11H 0M​

day off​

day off​

day off​

day off​

12:45pm​

1:45pm​

9:00am​

3
2/23​

12°F​

32°F​

11H 3M​

9:30am​

8:00am​

11:15pm​

8:00am​

day off​

3:15pm​

2:30pm​

6
2/24​

11°F​

35°F​

11H 5M​

2-4pm​

1-3pm​

2-4pm​

10-12pm​

7-9am​

day off​

day off​

5
2/25​

31°F​

32°F​

11H 7M​

day off​

day off​

day off​

12-2pm​

12-2pm​

7-9am​

7-9am​

4​

Nice... My weekly totals have been going up steadily since it hit it's lowest (16 eggs) the week of Jan 23. This week I got 33 eggs. That's 4 or 5 a week out of each hen, with the exception of Inara, who took a brief vacation in the middle of this week and only managed 3 eggs.

While the temperatures are really nothing new to the girls, the presence, quantity and persistence of snow was... You can see how the snow storm that rolled through on the 20th disrupted them. Yolanda was back up to a 4on/1off block before the storm hit, and went back to a 2on/1off block. Similarly with Bridget's cycle. Inara was extra mad about the whole snow thing and took a few days off. But thanks to Kaylee coming out of her 9 month mini-molt, and Nandi turning on this week, the overall count was up 7 eggs from last week.

Kansas City is due for another snowstorm in a couple of days, so it will be interesting to see if it is as big of a disruption for them as the last one was. I spent a lot of the 20th piling up snow around the perimeter and sealing up all of the gaps with duct tape on their run to cut down on the amount of snow that was blowing in to their run, and this seemed to please them greatly. Yesterday, I opened the door to the run to see if they wanted to come out and play, but they were not interested in venturing more than a couple of steps from the door... today we offered the same invitation, and all but 2 bolstered up the courage to walk along the path we'd shoveled between the back door of our house and the coop. We even thawed enough today to melt down to the grass in a few places, a treasure for Zoe. Both Kaylee and Yolanda were brave enough to venture the part of the shoveled path over to the compost bin.

So, I am hoping today's little outdoor adventure in the white stuff, coupled with the fact that the piles of snow around their run block their previously unobstructed view of the back yard will hide any drastic changes in scenery and make this next storm less of a big deal to them. Combined with the ever lengthening days, as long as the next snow doesn't wreck their cycles, next week should be our first full week of having all 7 hens going at the same time.

 

[lahowardjr]

Awesome totals Gifa! I only got three today. The low last night was 23 and the high today was 40.

 

[bruceha2000]

Been busy, not posting, sorry.

Feb 19th 6; L 4 H 20
Feb 20th 6; don't have temps
Feb 21th 5; L 8 H 7
Feb 22nd 5; L7 H 32
Feb 23rd 7; L 28 H 32

Been 32 all day today. 4 by 10 AM, none when I last looked at 12:30

Bruce

 

[twinzmom]

37 degrees but feels like 30.... Got 9 eggs today the girls are back on the job!

 

[Savannah Soliz]

Got 7 today outta 12 hens!