Do deathlayers really lay everyday till death?

[Kennas_Kritters]

I have heard a few people say death layers lay every single day until death.... is this true? If not how often do they lay? How big are the eggs and what color are they? Oh and if you bred one to a different breed would the offspring lay as often or close to as often as the death layer or would they lay like regular hens?Feel free to share pictures of your death layers and/or their eggs. Thanks!

 

[sourland]

"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

 

[nuthatched]

I've heard that it a mis translation, it's actually "daylayer" or "dawn layer", since (like most chickens) They lay in the morning.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

They do lay a lot of eggs. But "Every-day-until-they-die" probably isn't true.
Deathlayers will lay around 250 medium sized white to off white eggs per year per hen.

 

[LaFleche]

For the first year they are reported to lay about 180-200 white eggs
by the Sonderverein Westfälische Totleger: https://www.xn--sv-der-zchter-des-westflischen-totlegerhuhnes-d1d62i.de/westfälische-totleger/

But of course this also depends a lot on the overall living conditions, the feed, parental genetics etc.

 

[McChooky]

I'd love to have one of the roosters!They're gorgeous!

 

[The Moonshiner]

Well I know someone that was trying to get into breeding them and all his were dropping dead before they got old enough to lay.

 

[Kennas_Kritters]

Ok so if I'm right most chickens lay past 2-3 years but they usually stop laying as frequently. Would a death layer take a little longer to stop laying as frequently or are they like any other chicken? I probably sound stupid but oh well... I hope that made sense.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Ok so if I'm right most chickens lay past 2-3 years but they usually stop laying as frequently. Would a death layer take a little longer to stop laying as frequently or are they like any other chicken? I probably sound stupid but oh well... I hope that made sense.

maybe they slow down a little later than other chickens