I may be a slacker, but my girls are on a roll!

3 week update
As of today 2012 total: 701

Week of February 5-11: 93 eggs* new weekly record at that time
Average of 13.2 eggs per day

Week of February 12-18: 94 eggs* new weekly record
Average of 13.4 eggs per day

Week of February 19-25: 94 eggs

Market is going really well.  I am taking about 7-8 dozen eggs each week including some 1/2 dozen cartons.  I've tried convincing people that they can purchase a whole dozen because fresh eggs will keep for a long time.  Several customers prefer 1/2 cartons and fresh, fresh eggs each week. I can't rally argue with that.

Along with a few cartons of all brown eggs, I've been mixing up colors.  Customers get a hoot out of the tri-color dozen mix.  One lady said it just makes her happy to open the fridge and see all the colors. =]

New weekly record-85 eggs

Weekly total: 85* new record
2012 yearly total: 165

Sunday 12
Monday 16 (still short one Ameraucana egg)
Tuesday 7
Wednesday 12
Thursday 12
Friday 12
Saturday 14

{Gold Laced Wyandotte hen. One of the 3 sisters that are nearly inseparable. I am sure the other two are just out of frame.}

Doing their job

Running total: 406
2012 total 80

Sunday 10
Monday 16* new daily record! One Ameraucana didn't do her job, but the rest did. =]
Tuesday 9
Wednesday 12
Thursday 11
Friday 10
Saturday 12

Hawkie, an Ameraucana, checking out the daily haul in the nests

Final week of 2011

Yearly total: 326
Monthly total: 279* current record
Weekly total: 79

Sunday 11
Monday 10
Tuesday 10
Wednesday 12
Thursday 14* new daily record
Friday 12 first day with all 3 Brown Leghorns laying
Saturday 10

One of the Red Sex Links (or Red Star) Chickens hunting down a bug

We Brock You a Merry Christmas

Yearly total: 247
Monthly total: 200
Weekly total: 82* new record

Sunday 12* was a record
Monday 11
Tuesday 10
Wednesday 12
Thursday 12 first day with 2 green eggs
Friday 13* new daily record
Saturday 12

We used some of our eggs to make what I call Backyard Fresh Egg Nog. It is so, so, *so* delicious!

62 pieces of poultry pleasure

Yearly count: 145
Monthly count: 118

Weekly count: 62 (+17 from previous week)

Sunday 8
Monday 7
Tuesday 11* new daily record
Wednesday 8
Thursday 9
Friday 9
Saturday 10

{Pea checking out part of this week's haul}

The girls were working hard

Yearly total: 109

Eleven beauties waiting for me today...

I love those blue green eggs! They are like little gems from the nest. =]

This week in egg counting

Yearly count: 83

Sunday 4

Monday 7

Tuesday 4

Wednesday 7

Thursday 8 (new daily record!)

Friday 8

Saturday 7 Including our first blue green egg from an Americuana!

A comparison of our typical sized eggs:

Weekly total: 45 eggs
December 2011 running total : 56

I ordered some plain 12 count egg cartons from Zellwin Farms. The price was very good, the order was shipped the day after I ordered. The cartons are sturdy and exactly what I was looking for to transport the eggs. Zellwin Farms offers the option to customize the labeling on the boxes which is awesome. I am not quite there yet, but I can't wait to do that. =]

Record: 7 egg Friday!

Yearly total:34

The girls were busy after taking Thursday off. We got seven eggs Friday-two white and five brown.

A handful for Saturday!

Yearly count: 15

One this morning

Four this afternoon. I cleaned ur the coop today and moved the stone up one next. Three eggs from this afternoon were laid in that next. I has stopped them from laying in the dirt. It is remarkable.