Barred Rocks Hens Now Laying Big Time

[Tlawler]

My 10 barred rock hens, now about 25 weeks old, are laying to the tune of about four dozen a week. Interestingly, three of the eggs laid over the past two day are fully and completely "jumbos," and don't fit into my large egg cartons. Most eggs laid over the last week have been medium to large, but these three are .. well, just amazing.

 

[Angie8eggs]

I am jealous!!! But good for you and your hens you will have lots of eating eggs to do, or selling!

 

[Tlawler]

We live in the country, but we have three neighbors who don't have chickens, so we'll be making sure they don't have to buy any eggs!

And our barred rock hens are so friendly! And, well, don't mean to say anything about a woman's weight, but they are pretty hefty chickens! Feed them layer feed but from our garden they have gotten lots of zucchini and a boatload of tomatoes. When they were young got a lot of lettuce, but obviously that was in the spring/early summer. They also get bread crumbs, and as an occasional treat Cherrios (actually the generic brand). They are producing so much more than I was expecting