Best Egg Layer?

[FarmingForFun]

I have about 30+ chickens, and my 3 dominiques lay almost everyday. They are not RIRs by any means, but they lay some NICE eggs. And they are beautiful!

 

[SouthernBYChickens]

My Sussex are six months old and really do lay every day. The Wyandottes are three years and one of them is eighteen months old. They lay maybe every other day.

Just curious - would you happen to have a picture of one of your Sussex you could post on here? The hatcheries always use their "best" photos, I would just like to see a realistic photo. If you don't, no big deal. Thanks!!

 

[Bullitt]

The reason I posted my original question was because I am considering getting rid of 3 of my hens to cutback on food consumption and poop exporting .

Very funny.

The best way to keep a flock of hens productive is to cull the older ones and get some new young pullets each year. The easiest way is to allow a broody hen to hatch some chicks and raise them, but I do not know if you have a rooster. I think a Rhode Island Red rooster would be best. Many of the hybrid crosses are from a Rhode Island Red rooster. Hopefully you have a broody hen around also.

If you do not want a rooster you will have to raise some chicks or buy some pullets that are about 5 months old. The bad part about raising chicks yourself is they have to be kept separate from the flock until they are grown.

Leghorns have the best feed-to-egg ratio, meaning they eat less and produce more than other breeds. You will get an average of 6 eggs a week from Leghorns. I don't know if you want white eggs, though.

I like the Brown Leghorns, but the White Leghorns lay a little better.




Pictures of Speckled Sussex chickens:


https://www.google.com/search?q=pic....,cf.osb&fp=7f9ea59d88c2ff04&biw=1366&bih=649

 

[SouthernBYChickens]

Very funny.

The best way to keep a flock of hens productive is to cull the older ones and get some new young pullets each year. The easiest way is to allow a broody hen to hatch some chicks and raise them, but I do not know if you have a rooster. I think a Rhode Island Red rooster would be best. Many of the hybrid crosses are from a Rhode Island Red rooster. Hopefully you have a broody hen around also.

If you do not want a rooster you will have to raise some chicks or buy some pullets that are about 5 months old. The bad part about raising chicks yourself is they have to be kept separate from the flock until they are grown.

Leghorns have the best feed-to-egg ratio, meaning they eat less and produce more than other breeds. You will get an average of 6 eggs a week from Leghorns. I don't know if you want white eggs, though.

I like the Brown Leghorns, but the White Leghorns lay a little better.




Pictures of Speckled Sussex chickens:


https://www.google.com/search?q=pic....,cf.osb&fp=7f9ea59d88c2ff04&biw=1366&bih=649

Thanks for all your information. Of my 18 hens, one of the GLW is looking suspiciously like a rooster, but I haven't heard him/her try to crow yet, so she may just be maturing quicker than the other hens. If she turns out to be a rooster, my plans are to keep him with the other girls so we can raise some chicks from eggs. Wouldn't mind throwing in a Leghorn or two in my flock come next spring. Thanks for the pictures of the Sussex also. That is a pretty bird!!