[Roughlee Handled]

No I will be giving each year of hatch a different colour. The breed you should be able to tell from sight.

[Aunt Sally]

Fancy not giving them a name Ruff    Chickens are people too you know 

I know they are little people and they deserve rights to space.  But I am slightly old fashoned I describe mine e.g. Big Speck = the big specaldy  Small Speck = the small specaldy .

Are you going to eat them Ruff ?  If so you could call them :

Dinner 1 / Dinner 2 / Dinner 3 etc. 

[Vember]

Amazed you've got a hen of nearly 32 years old thats laying 

[andreadon]

Amazed you've got a hen of nearly 32 years old thats laying 

 

[Roughlee Handled]

Amazed you've got a hen of nearly 32 years old thats laying 

Noooooooooooo thats weeks old.

Are you going to eat them Ruff ?  If so you could call them :
Dinner 1 / Dinner 2 / Dinner 3 etc. 

I will only be eating the cockerels.

[Vember]

Amazed you've got a hen of nearly 32 years old thats laying 

Noooooooooooo thats weeks old.

 So glad you told me Rough, got me worried there for a minute 


Sarah 

[laurabee]

Your as bad as me! I have records of every egg laid! who laid it and what it weighed?  i have to hide it when none chookie friends come round cause they just take the mick!  I now have a new chart for the incy, with info like when i turned them and the temp and humidity readings too

Yay - I also have a Mrs Tweedie style egg list - now I can tell my husband it's normal as other people have them too!   

As for the original question - it's always handy to have a general comments column (sorry if you already have - I can't see it now I'm in the post reply window!). I also think it's good to keep a log of eggs laid by each hen as I've heard it's a good indicator of illhealth if the egg laying drops off unexpectedly. Might be trickier if they're nameless though...

[GrannieAnnie]

Even more trickier if you've got 500 down the garden!!

I keep records of the chicks until they reach point of lay,  I weigh them every week, when I remember they get a general photo done, I tick everytime I go to see to their food and water and the temperatures and Relative Humidity.  and number of dead stock

But I'd hate to think how much disk space I'd have used if I kept a record of every egg  !!   

[Wyandottie]

I was so glad to pick up this thread - I thought my OH was being a bit of an anorak keeping a database of the eggs laid (number of eggs per day plus combined total weight), but now I appreciate that lots of other people find this interesting.  I just like to go out and cuddle and talk to my girls (and fret over them too)!

[Foxy]

I was so glad to pick up this thread - I thought my OH was being a bit of an anorak keeping a database of the eggs laid (number of eggs per day plus combined total weight), but now I appreciate that lots of other people find this interesting.  I just like to go out and cuddle and talk to my girls (and fret over them too)!

ummmm Ruffs actually an anorak...

[Wyandottie]

I guess we are all secret anoraks in some respect!  I guess if I am 'fessing mine then it has to be Dr. Who but I didn't go as far as giving my girlies alien names! - But that's got me thinking now - I have been wanting to put a name over the coop.  Perhaps it will become the Tardis!

[Wyandottie]

And a further thought - I actually keep a Chicken diary/sketchbook with notes, drawings and cut-outs, together with bits of info gleaned from all the knowlegeable folks on this forum.  There are notes about first eggs and their weights, products I have bought, food I have tried on them.  Now isn't that slightly nerdy?

[Foxy]

And a further thought - I actually keep a Chicken diary/sketchbook with notes, drawings and cut-outs, together with bits of info gleaned from all the knowlegeable folks on this forum.  There are notes about first eggs and their weights, products I have bought, food I have tried on them.  Now isn't that slightly nerdy?

yes....

[chickenlady]

Foxy is in a mean mood tonight!  and its not like we are all waiting for piccies of fluffy cheeked bumble bee chicks!? 

[too many girls]

i'm just wondering where Ruffs chickens birth tificates can be found on the web, and when do i get an invite to the christenings?