Liz, the 8 hens I was given have been laying since last summer. I guess they are about a year and a half old now. Still laying eggs pretty small, tho a little bigger than a silkie egg now, usually.
Hmmm. I just posted and it didn't show up. The Henderson chart doesn't show many listings with large eggs, does it? I can't imagine why my RIR's are laying such small eggs. The H. chart shows them as large egg layers, as well as a couple of you who are replying say you get large eggs from...
I am wondering which chickens lay the largest eggs? Actually, probably white leghorns? But who's next? Do brown leghorns lay a large egg also? They would be a little prettier. I would like to get some layers who lay a pretty good size egg.
I have recently acquired 8 RIR hens and a roo from...