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There are exceptions for everything, again, birds in the UK are different then North America so it'll be quite a bit different.

Quote: Thats probably a good idea, at that age you might have some hens that hardly lay at all.

Then by 2-3 years old you'd be looking at 2-3 eggs per week. Battery hens (which are commercial hens) lay a lot at first but then really slow down once they start aging. Heritage hens don't lay as many up front but continue laying for a longer period of time.

I hen that isn't a commercial breed. A commercial breed would be a sex-link, ISA Brown, White Leghorn and a heritage breed would be a Plymouth Rock, Orpington, Wyandotte etc. Commercial breeds are bred for eggs (or meat) while heritage breeds are bred for both. Commercial breeds generally lay...

With three year old heritage hens... 3 eggs a week will be the most. I'd say your looking more around the 2 egg range with the odd hen laying 3 a week.

I would go for the younger ones, they will lay more eggs and for a bit longer then the older ones.