Breed for Big Eggs

[R@ndy]

What would be a good breed for on the adverage to get realy Big Brown eggs?

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Jersey Giants.. or Red/Gold Sex-Links..

 

[Jarhead]

I have a black sex link that lays everyday. Her eggs are too big to fit in an egg carton. She is the only one I have so I have no idea if she is a freak or it is normal.
Pic: hers is on the right mid to upper, pretty easy to tell which it is. For comparison the EE eggs are large and fill an egg carton all the way.

 

[R@ndy]

Awesome, Thank ya much

I had ordered 18 red sex link pullets that I pick up May 4th

 

[R@ndy]

PS:::: Great looking basket of eggs

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

My brahma laid very, very large eggs.

 

[Promiselandfarm]

Our black sex links hens also lay really huge eggs so maybe it is genetics?

 

[Jarhead]

R@ndy :

PS:::: Great looking basket of eggs

Thanks - we like to have a variety of egg colors, so we have an interesting motley crew (or flock). Up side is we can tell each one apart, no 2 chickens even look remotely alike in our backyard

Our black sex links hens also lay really huge eggs so maybe it is genetics?

I bet it is - I know you get them from crossing a RIR roo and a BR hen. Guess you get the best of both, then get it supersized

I am not kidding about not being able to get them in a egg carton, I have 1 that has no lid just for her eggs, they are about twice the size of a store bought large egg. She also is a very reliable layer, she lays 7 days a week and only will skip a day maybe once in 3 weeks. She did not slow down at all during the winter, for pure laying ability this is a great bird - she easily beats our white leghorn, both in size and in volume.​

 

[Darin115]

I have black sex-links and golden comets. They lay huge brown eggs. I know what you mean about not fitting into a carton.

My wife bought this clear plastic egg holder that goes into the fridge. These eggs will not even think about sitting down in the egg cup. They just sit on top.

I take eggs to work and sell them. People can't believe the size of the eggs. Then I pull out a dozen bantam eggs. They get a real kck out of it.

Muy assistant buys a dozen large brown eggs and a dozen bantam eggs. Her daughter will only eat the bantam eggs because she says they are her size. The parents get the large eggs.

I wonder if you breed a sexlink hen and sexlink roo, will you still get the quantity and large egg size???

Darin

 

[Jarhead]

I wonder if you breed a sexlink hen and sexlink roo, will you still get the quantity and large egg size???

Not sure, but I am fairly sure that you will lose the sex link trait (at least that's what I read).​