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I cant beleve that.. I have some American Game hens and there the best layers I have..
They even out layed the Production Reds when we had them.. They whould would be the first to come off a batch of chicks in the spring ( around February ) with snow on the ground still and not loose 1 chick.
Chris
Yup, mine usually will lay daily until they get about 8-20 eggs in the nest, then set. If i keep the eggs out of the nest and use a incubator for hatching or just eat the eggs i can get a lot of eggs... I mean, it varies with hens, some can lay mostly every day, while others only lay about 4-5 eggs a week. But i wouldn't say those are poor layers.
Even my little Old english game bantam hen laid about 5 eggs a week, which was a surprise
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ETA: A thing about the games, is they don't really eat as much as other birds. Most production fowl have to bed fed a lot or they will pretty much starve, and the ones i've been around never really seemed to get enough food even after you fed them, while games i can feed them a full vienna can per cock and half per hen and they're healthy birds, not fat, but not under weight and that's even without free ranging..
