Do all chickens lay the same amount of eggs in a lifetime?

[Jnkmoultonr1]

As in women, the amount of eggs that a hen will produce in a lifetime is decided before she's born. Now, I read somewhere that this amount is about the same in all breeds, and that hens that lay a lot (such as layer hybrids) don't lay more eggs per lifetime than any other hens, but run out of eggs a lot faster.

If you're like me and don't want to replace your hens every three years, but plan on having them all around for a decade, this means that it doesn't really matter, egg-wise, which breed I pick, since they will all lay the same amount of eggs in the end.

Is this true?

From my understanding you are correct.