Lohman Brown

had 4 Lohmann Browns as my first chickens, we have come through our first year together and its a pure love story, they are intelligent, friendly and eager for human attention. i have got 4 eggs a day most days, never had less than 3 eggs a day. they have just gone through their first moult without any problems. i didnt want them for showing so not being pure bred doesnt matter to me.

I have four Lohmann Browns (my first chickens) and they have the sweetest disposition. They are very friendly to humans and each other. They have just started laying, and I'm getting four eggs a day, even though its winter. Very cold hardy birds which is great for my climate. I'll have to see about egg eating but so far no problems at all. I don't care about showing either, and I think they make a fine flock!

i love em there beutiful birds so calm and tolerant of people and tempereatures brilliant birds i have 4 i plan on getting many more this is five star poultry

Lovely birds. I have 5 of them and they are very tolerant to each other. They do not engage in feather picking or cannibalism, as far as I have seen. They follow me in the yard and have never attempted escape or going too far away.

Medium?
Medium?
Medium egg productivity?
How do you dare?

You are right. In my knowledge they have the highest egg productivity of all breeds.

I like my Lohmann's. I bought them in June 2019 as my first hens after local laws changed and I built my coop. They have been great birds.

How long does this breed continue to be productive layers? When do they molt and how long do they stay in molt? Anything special to help reduce molt time?

Dusty Chism said:

How long does this breed continue to be productive layers? When do they molt and how long do they stay in molt? Anything special to help reduce molt time?

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I can share my experience over the next month or so. I live in western Quebec. We're going to start having temperatures that go below 0 soon. So far no moulting and no reduction in egg production for my 10 month-old birds.

Which US hatcheries/breeders sell these birds?

We have 20 Lohmans; they lay wonderful eggs, are incredibly nosy (ever tried cleaning out a chicken shed with at least six chickens in with you, 'helping'?!) and unafraid (except when you try to pick them up, then they run faster than Usain Bolt).
However, in the past week, one of them has gone broody. Three times I've tried placing her and the eggs in the 'maternity wing', but each time she's abandoned the eggs after less than 24 hours. So now I've just been chucking her off and harvesting the eggs as usual. But I feel rotten for doing it, and it would be lovely to try and get two batches of chicks this year (our Copper Maran usually produces a brood in early summer). Does anyone have experience of a Lohman successfully sitting on eggs?

Who in the USA can ship Lohmann brown chicks to NC?