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not a good year round layer

clhnd
By clhnd
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Pros: friendly

Cons: not a good layer.

out of 25 hens, 0 good year round layers

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5 Comments

NotSuperWoman 2/6/12 at 5:45am
I LOVE my Astralorps! I have two. And they are very prolific layers. We have had a mild winter, and they have not skipped a beat laying large beautiful eggs. They are not normally year round layers, they were bread for warmer weather tolerance I believe. But I love mine and am very happy to have these girls in my flock.
SunnyCalifornia 2/6/12 at 7:21am
Other than when they were molting, mine have been laying all year.
clhnd 2/6/12 at 7:22am
they were breed to be year round layers. and are supposed to hold a older record in australia.
i lived in western wa when we had them. and still had a bad winter production. it was a fairley mild winter.
but, some hatcheries have better stock than others. mine came from mcmurrey or cackle. do not remember.
Smiles-N-Sunshine 2/6/12 at 1:04pm
My first year layers lay through winter, but the older gals take a break.
gordonburrito 2/10/12 at 2:31pm
I'm sorry. This is not a fair review or a fair score. If you have had such a bad experience you've bought your hens from a shady breeder. 1/2 star is a ridiculous rating to give this breed.
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