My hen started laying about 10 days ago. I was very surprised how big her eggs are from the get go. Also finding out how well they lay. In 10 days only missed 2 days. Need to start breeding this pair I have. Need more hens like her.
very true they may not have Leghorns in them. But it is true they do breed for laying. At first they probably took the best layers then bread them. So on and so forth. Till they got good laying hens. But they over look the sop when they do that. Sop birds don't lay nearly as good as hatchery...
Also breeder birds that are breed to sop will take at least 24 weeks to lay. Hatchery birds will start to lay in about 12 or so depending on the breed.