Egg Production Record
Track lay across a month so a drop shows up as a pattern, with the conditions that usually explain it recorded alongside.
Livestock and smallholding · LK-68
A free printable poultry daily record for one house: bird numbers, deaths and culls, feed and water used, temperature range, eggs and birds or eggs moved.
2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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Spot a change in deaths, feed, water or eggs early, one house and one day at a time. A month fits on one record, with movements in and out at the end.
Poultry keepers running one or more houses of layers, broilers, breeders, ducks or turkeys.
2 pages, in this order:
Printed under the title: One house, one month, one line a day: birds at the start of the day, deaths and culls, feed and water used, the house temperature range, eggs collected and any birds or eggs moved.
It shows the change; your vet reads it. No temperature, feed or water figures are printed: your flock's targets come from the breed guide, your vet or your contract. The record is there to show a change, such as a rise in deaths or a fall in feed, water or eggs, while it is early. If you suspect disease, call your vet and check the reporting rules where you are.
Write-on lines: House · Flock or batch · Species and type · Month and year · Birds placed · Placed on · Feed weighed by · Water measured by · Thermometer
Also printed: Losses · Feed · Water · House temp
Table, 0 rows: Day · Start · Dead · Culled · Cause · In · Used · Meter · Used · Min · Max · Eggs · Moved · By
Also printed: Losses · Feed · Water · House temp
Table, 0 rows: Day · Start · Dead · Culled · Cause · In · Used · Meter · Used · Min · Max · Eggs · Moved · By
Table, 5 rows: Date · Birds or eggs · Number · In or out · Other premises · Transport · Signed
Because they depend on the species, the breed, the age of the birds and the house, and come from the breed guide, your vet or your contract. What this record shows is the change from one day to the next, which is the early warning.
The egg production record follows a small flock's lay through the month. This sheet is the daily house record: numbers, losses, feed, water, temperature and movements as well as eggs.
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