With the crazy weather we've been having, our chickens have lowered their egg production quite a bit. But there are signs this is starting to recover. Have any of you had similar problems over the last two weeks? If not, what did you do to avoid it?
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I'd never though of charting production on a daily basis.
Ours have been pretty consistent. We have low days and high days, of course, but of our 9 layers, we're averaging 7 eggs/day. On any given day, one is on vacation from laying for a time and another one or two take the day off. We have four more who should be starting soon.
This chart is so cool. Looks like its based on 12 hens? At the moment, we're down to one hen and she's been laying regularly for the past 2 and a half to 3 weeks.
This is based on 17 hens, 5 of which are just starting to lay.
Assumptions: Hens lay 6 eggs per week starting around 6 months old. At 18 months, they reduce by one egg per week every six months.
Does anyone have better data than that?
Cool chart. :) I would guess the weird laying has more to do with the new layers getting into a regular laying pattern, though the rainy days can slow things down a tiny bit.
What breed(s) do you have? That will affect your data.
I'm impressed with your spreadsheet.
great chart, thanks for the idea
That chart is so cool! My two old girls had started to lay again about 3-4 weeks ago. Now one of them has stopped again the past 2 weeks. I can't figure it out. :) ????