End of year egg tally

I am going to do my end of year egg tally a bit earlier this year as Peaches was the last girl laying and finished at the end of the September.

Rusty and Freckles are four months old so there is a possibility that they may start to lay by the end of the year but if that is the case I will carry their number over into next year. I have found before that girls hatched late in the year start laying when older than six months so it is also possible that they won’t start to lay until next year.

Pebbles is a year old and has yet to lay but I am not really expecting eggs from her until spring.

Once again it is a bit tricky because there have been girls come and girls gone. I will start with girls gone.

Topaz didn’t lay at all this year and left us in April. She had only laid 8 eggs the year before and had never laid more than a few eggs.

Honey laid 14 eggs in February and March and left us in April. She is happy at Whitehouse Farm.

Butterscotch laid 87 eggs from January to July and left us in August, she had laid 77 the year before but we had only had her from July. She too is happy at Whitehouse Farm.

I will continue with current girls.

Toffee laid 26 eggs in March and April, 13 less than last year.

Emerald laid 39 eggs in March, April and May, 3 more than last year.

The game girls have such a short season and lay well while they are laying but only for a few months. If you want chickens for eggs you wouldn’t have game girls but I just love them so I forgive them that. They make up for it with their beauty and lovely nature.

Speckles laid 49 eggs from February until July. I had expected more than that from her breed. I have no comparison to last year as she was already moulting when I got her at the end of July and she started her moult this year half way through July.

Barley laid 66 eggs from February until the beginning of September. This compares with 75 the year before, being her first year.

Peaches laid 104 eggs from February until the end of September. This compares with 78 the year before so she has done really well and actually laid more rather than less in her second year. Both leghorns stopped laying in August last year so I am putting their good year down to a good warm summer and a longer laying season for them.

We have had a total of 387 eggs for the year. This compares with 428 the year before. The drop is due to a change in girls.

Sadly Caramel was only with us for three weeks and Pebbles, Rusty and Freckles have yet to start laying which will be interesting as I have no idea what to expect from them.

I count any eggs as a welcome bonus as I just love having the girls happy and healthy. I am hoping that the flock will remain as it for a long while as all is settled for the moment. I just never know what these girls are going to throw at me next.