Black Austrolorps~Good Layers?? ~~

[chickens4me]

~~Black Austrolorps. Are they really good egg-layers even through the summers & winters?

My nine standard laying hens only layed maybe 1 to 2 eggs a day this last winter.

I still like them though......

But I soooo want eggs all year round!

 

[ThePamperedPullet]

Our Austrolorps slowed during the winter months but our Black Sex-Links and Leghorns just kept right on laying.

 

[Chicken Fruit]

http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

I've always found that to be true and helpful. The little pictures of the eggs beside each breed shows how good a lay they are on a scale of 1-5. And then if theres a little snow flake under the picture of the eggs it means theyre a great winter laying breed.

 

[Chicken Girl]

Well i dont know about the Austrolorps but if you want eggs year round get leghorns and a light for your coop. BUT Leghorns are not that nice. You would have to handel them all the time when babys i think. I have 9 pulet leghorns and i get some times 10 - 12 eggs! LOL. So i would get them if you want a LOT of eggs. But they are not the nicest birds. Hope that helps!

Chicken Girl

 

[EweSheep]

You bet they are good layers!

 

[ZooMummzy]

I don't have Austrolorps but I can add that my BSL's have been great layers all winter long, something I didn't expect. I looked at Austrolorps last week but held off wondering if the claim was really true about being great layers year round. I tend to be leery of those types of things.

 

[The Poultry Peanut]

They are good layers of brown eggs and they can go broody somtimes and some of mine are friendly

 

[ChickenWisperer]

My one hen is an AMAZING layer. At least one a day, all summer, and all winter. Not to mention shes my friendliest adult bird!!!

I love her to death, and when I start a my 'breeding program', you can bet that Australorps will be one of my first breeds.

 

[mtnhomechick]

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What size is the egg? I think BA hold the record for most eggs laid. 364 out of 365 days.

 

[selinagil]

Mine is a good layer and her eggs are average size brown eggs--not the biggest eggs, but not small. My chick I incubated and hatched last week was from her and my Buff Orpington Rooster.