How many chickens.............

[mommiesrcool]

Hi, i have a question how many chickens would i need to get 25-50 eggs a day? i want to know so that i can get that many chicks lol

 

[cmom]

All of the breeds you are getting and fine layers. My best layers are my Leghorns and my Rhode Island Whites. I live near Ocala. I raise some others breeds (see my signature). They will slow down laying now because most will be going through their yearly molt. I have a lot of birds and sell my eggs. Right now it looks like there have been pillow fights around the coops. I have some pullets just starting to lay. They are laying sporadically. Some days are ok and other days are poor this time of the year. Once my pullets get going I'll be up to my ears in eggs. Good luck and have fun with your new flock...

 

[NatJ]

Hi, i have a question how many chickens would i need to get 25-50 eggs a day? i want to know so that i can get that many chicks lol

l plan on getting, leghorns, red stars , and barred Plymouth rocks from Murray Mc Murray hatchery

I suggest you get 50 chicks. It's a nice round number, and with those breeds you should get more than 25 eggs most days from 50 females, but you won't get more than 50 eggs.

 

[MarkJr]

It seems like I get 2/3 the number of eggs daily as I have layers.

 

[cmom]

These are my coops and pens. I usually have anywhere from a round 200 to 500 during hatching season, realizing around half of the hatches will be males which I grow out and keep the best as future breeders and sell the rest of them.

 

[black_cat]

i will order 60 chicks incase some die

If you get 60, make sure you have space for 60. If they all survive they need the space, and if they all don't than yours have extra space.

 

[cmom]

I agree with 50. You will probably get about 30 a day when the chickens are in their prime. Also, would U want to get them as chicks? Cuz always keep in mind that means they won't be laying till about April. (Although this totally depends on the breed, some will lay earlier or later than this.) Or you could get them as pullets. Totally up 2 U.

I agree as I have stated in previous posts. It appears the OP doesn't currently have any birds and not sure of what they want, so maybe a few birds to get started. If they have never had a flock maybe it's better to take it slow and easy to see if it's something they want to do.

 

[MGG]

I was planning on keeping some for me and to sell and i live in florida

Well, my whole family and I eat eggs all the time. We have omelettes, scrambled eggs, breakfast pizza, "hootenanies", and bake countless desserts with eggs. We use them in almost every meal. More than 10 hens gives us a major surplus. They were just going bad. We have 6 laying hens right now and they go above and beyond our needs. Unless your family is huge, 10 laying hens should definitely keep you in supply. If you want to sell some (how many about will you want to sell per week?) you should only need maybe 10-15 more hens depending on the demand. And if you buy newly hatched chicks now, they won't lay until spring. And if you want eggs in the winter you'll have to use supplemental lighting in the coop. But that's hard on their reproductive cycle. You'll have to get new birds every 2 years or so.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Hi, i have a question how many chickens would i need to get 25-50 eggs a day? i want to know so that i can get that many chicks lol

Fully depends on the breed! Reliable breeds such as Barred Rocks, lay quite frequently and you could probably get 25 eggs a day with 25-30 of them. Silkies, On the other hand don’t lay as frequently, because they tend to go broody causing a break in their egg laying once they have a clutch.

(I’m being very discreet trying to pick out some breeds maybe you have heard of, there are lots of high production and low production birds out there! Tons!)

 

[FarmerGirl101]

I've found that Rhode Island Reds and Leghorns have been my best layers. My leghorns have even laid through winter although we don't have much of one in California. The biggest thing I would say is that you need to be able to have enough space to replace in 3 years (3 years I've found is when mine start to slow down). Although that might be easy depending on how many will pass as you go on. Point is make sure that you have enough space to replace your birds/add new birds with new layers.