Trail Cam Shows Who Laid Which Egg

[Outta Here]

My pullets are starting to lay and I plan to keep track all year of how many eggs each laid. I use a trail cam set on 10 second video every 4 seconds (when there's movement) hanging by the nest boxes. I can tell who is ready to lay by their investigation of the nest, and who actually went into and then came out of the nest singing the egg song. The time stamp even tells me when...
Here are some of the still shots from today

Goldie the EE going in at 8:12....

Coming out after after 5 hours...(She is going broody and I usually take her off the nest promptly, but today I was gone. At least she eventually left on her own!)

Brand new Barred Rock layer, Hattie...2nd day on the job!

Smudgie is also a newbie layer....

Sapphire, who started at 17 weeks, lays very steadily, often double yolkers..

And Winnie the Blue Laced Wyandotte is just a lookie lou! Maybe tomorrow...

I use this free yearly chart from here: https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2017/01/free-customizable-printable-egg.html

These are just the earliest layers....the rest are right on the brink of laying.

 

[cavemanrich]

What happens to the non producers

Spoiler: yes or no

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,hope the flooding did not cause you much problems.

 

[aart]

Cam is only showing who went in and out.......they can visit the nest but not lay.
Need cameras inside the nests too

 

[Outta Here]

What happens to the non producers

Spoiler: yes or no

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WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,hope the flooding did not cause you much problems.

They are all pullets hatched in March and those that haven't started yet are all at first point of lay. In a week or two I'll be up to my ears in eggs! Ask me that question in a few years and I'll have to make some decisions....

 

[Outta Here]

Cam is only showing who went in and out.......they can visit the nest but not lay.
Need cameras inside the nests too

True, but the time stamp shows how long they were in there, whether it was a visit or an egg-laying event. Actually, I run out there every time I hear the triumphant egg song, and I remove every egg as soon as its laid, noting its particular color. So the camera isn't the only survelliance--but it sure is helping me identify who laid what at this time when they are all just starting to lay...

 

[Loving my girls]

Ohh ohh ohh me to, any suggestions?