Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: Roughlee Handled on May 06, 2009, 15:25
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Have you got any other suggested additions to my record sheet.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=rLzaqdAy30sKWH3jLC9CZKA
You can download it to excel if you want to see the formulas behind it.
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l389/Roughlee_Handled/chicken%20stuff/Fullscreencapture06052009152102.jpg)
There are two tabs one ringed in green and one in red.
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What's wrong with a bit of chalk on the barn door Ruff. Or if you want to be really posh a nice little note book you can take out to the hens with you to make notes. ;)
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er well I likes my records electronic see. The last time I wrote on the barn door the orse licked it off.
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
That made me laugh Ruff ::)
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Why not do yourself a nice simple database using MS Access Ruff ?
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Well I could but I would not be able to use it with google apps and view it on my phone when I am down the pub!!!!!!!!!
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::) Oh... You sad boy ::) :lol:
EDIT: But don't change - Your quirkiness is why we loves yer ;)
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Not that I get out much anyway.
Can you think of anything I have missed though?
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Where's the space for the chooks names ?
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Your as bad as me! I have records of every egg laid! who laid it and what it weighed? :blush: 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
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Where's the space for the chooks names ?
But Aunty you know me I do not name my chucks. There is a space for description.
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you could have a column called labelled HEALTH where you could put any info about problems they've had or treatments they've needed! :D
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Fancy not giving them a name Ruff ::) Chickens are people too you know ;)
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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 .
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What about leg rings? Give each one of a breed different colours then you'll know if one in particular id problematic.
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No I will be giving each year of hatch a different colour. The breed you should be able to tell from sight.
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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. ;)
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Amazed you've got a hen of nearly 32 years old thats laying :ohmy:
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Amazed you've got a hen of nearly 32 years old thats laying :ohmy:
:lol: :lol:
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Amazed you've got a hen of nearly 32 years old thats laying :ohmy:
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.
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Amazed you've got a hen of nearly 32 years old thats laying :ohmy:
Noooooooooooo thats weeks old.
So glad you told me Rough, got me worried there for a minute :tongue2: :lol:
Sarah 8)
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Your as bad as me! I have records of every egg laid! who laid it and what it weighed? :blush: 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...
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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 !! :D :D
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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)!
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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... :unsure: :unsure: :lol:
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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!
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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?
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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.... :lol:
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Foxy is in a mean mood tonight! :lol: and its not like we are all waiting for piccies of fluffy cheeked bumble bee chicks!? ;)
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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?
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..........when do i get an invite to the christenings?
This sunday 12:30 for 1
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i daren't come, i might stuff you in the boot and spirit you off to Darlington! Kate wouldn't like it (least i got her name right this time)
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Yes you got the name correct.
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Is nt that kidnap?
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yup
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Invite with drawn on legal advice. Police presence requested.
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i was only kidding, might get suffocated in the boot and that would be awful, what would i tell the police?