Fact or fiction

[NuggetTheChicken]

I am guessing that the ones that have the bigger bills hatched maybe a week or two before the middle one. Usually their beaks get bigger with age. Could be wrong tho.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I think they all supposedly came from the same carton. That's mostly why I'm having trouble believing the article. Could it maybe be one female and two males and that's why the bills are so different?

 

[NuggetTheChicken]

I am afraid I have no idea. The article is very vague and doesn't include much details.

 

[333113]

If they are raised for egg laying, they probably are not raised for any other characteristic. In other words, probably not bred for uniformity in appearance.

Compare our US production Buff Orpingtons to show quality Buff Orpingtons. Not as much uniformity in appearance on the production birds, compared to the show birds, in my experience.

 

[ShannonR]

Yeah, but wouldn't they all be the same breed?

Not necessarily. Lots of people keep flocks of mixed breeds, and sell eggs.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Not necessarily. Lots of people keep flocks of mixed breed fowl, and sell eggs.

Yeah, but I'm imagining that it's a company since they're in the stores

 

[ShannonR]

Yeah, but I'm imagining that it's a company since they're in the stores

I read the article, and it said that possibly a wild drake fertilized the eggs? Personally I feel that is pretty farfetched but it would explain lack of uniformity in offspring.
I imagine commercial layers are hybrids, and like commercial meat birds the offspring will not be just like the parents. I could be wrong though.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I didn't bother to think they were like meat hubrids. I know they produce different offspring, so that makes sense

 

[ShannonR]

I didn't bother to think they were like meat hubrids. I know they produce different offspring, so that makes sense

I did a quick search for Braddock white ducks and came up with zero, except for the egg farm that sells those duck eggs. I think the Braddock whites must be commercial white layers with a fancier name.