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ANCONA Vs PRODUCTION RED

post #1 of 7
1/23/12 at 12:56am
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 hello evevryone i was wondering on what breed i should get because iw ant something that will lay tons of eggs but brood once a year i ahve ahad productions brood b4 i think i have found the secret 

1 tolerant mother, 2 red sexlinks ,1 isa brown, 1 australorp, 1 light/speckled sussex,one baby minorca mix, one white mystery chick, one maybe production red chick, a confused male pekin duck and one mystery hen which is genetically predisposed to lay double yolkers

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1 tolerant mother, 2 red sexlinks ,1 isa brown, 1 australorp, 1 light/speckled sussex,one baby minorca mix, one white mystery chick, one maybe production red chick, a confused male pekin duck and one mystery hen which is genetically predisposed to lay double yolkers

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post #2 of 7
1/23/12 at 3:09am
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Production reds will get you more eggs, but neither breed broods very often.

Keeper of 27 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Mama Olive Egger, 1 Olive Egger broody, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucanas, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and exactly 63 chicks of various breeds. and 25 eggs in the bator. YIKES!

 

 

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Keeper of 27 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Mama Olive Egger, 1 Olive Egger broody, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucanas, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and exactly 63 chicks of various breeds. and 25 eggs in the bator. YIKES!

 

 

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post #3 of 7
1/23/12 at 8:08am

The production reds will give you lots of brown eggs and the ancona's will give you lots of white eggs.  Neither are known to go broody often, I've had lots of production reds and none have ever tried to hatch out a clutch.  If you want a broody get a couple of banties or breeds known to be good brooders to keep with your layers.  My cochins and OEG bantams have always been excellent at raising chicks. 

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post #4 of 7
1/23/12 at 3:39pm

If you want one that broods and lays pretty good buff orpingtons are nice.

my new rule: If one's a roo, replace it with two!
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post #5 of 7
1/23/12 at 5:04pm

I don't like either breed. Australorps lay more eggs than any of the other dual purpose birds I've owned. I've never had one go broody but it's not like I left eggs in there, either.

 

If you're dead set on a high production breed that will burn out early in life, I'd suggest getting a few cochin hens in a separate pen. I got rid of mine because she was always broody.

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post #6 of 7
1/23/12 at 5:17pm

I agree with Chicken Wisperer, Australorps are great for eggs, the one I had we placed some plastic eggs in a box and they went broody pretty quickly and have successfully hatched and raised 6 sets of chicks, we had to sell some of them as they then became broody all the time, when ever they heard chicks peeping they would go into a box and want them they even stole chicks off other hens, and 2 shared some chicks, they are beautiful birds. Good luck :)

Mother to 4 boys, 1 Dog, 8 goldfish, araucana's, Australorps, RIR's, Ancona's, Silkies, and 1 white leg horn with a few mix breeds, Loves hatching babies and watching the mother hens brood over them produces
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Mother to 4 boys, 1 Dog, 8 goldfish, araucana's, Australorps, RIR's, Ancona's, Silkies, and 1 white leg horn with a few mix breeds, Loves hatching babies and watching the mother hens brood over them produces
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post #7 of 7
1/23/12 at 5:47pm
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Originally Posted by ChickenWisperer View Post

 Australorps lay more eggs than any of the other dual purpose birds I've owned.

 

 


Yep, same here.  My Australorp lays a HUGE brown egg every day.
 

 

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