How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[Chicken_overlord]

I ended up with 5 today! Both orpingtons, deathlayer, and easter egger. My schijndelaar pullet also decided to join in the fun today and laid her first green egg (top right, second to last egg).

 

[BigBlueHen53]

An ouch egg is a really big egg. I am almost home and I will get a picture postedView attachment 4042711View attachment 4042712

Lol, yup, I can see why it's called sn ouch egg! Thank you for the explanation and illustrations!

 

[akroberts1085]

Lol, yup, I can see why it's called sn ouch egg! Thank you for the explanation and illustrations!

You're welcome. That's the biggest egg ever for me

 

[BDutch]

Why such beautiful chicken named Deathlayer?

Westphalian deathlayers
(from https://kippenfokkerij-de-kriel-jouwweb.jouwweb.nl/de-beste-legger-van-de-hele-wereld Dutch name = doodleggers)
Don't be put off by the strange name.
of this chicken breed: it is a breed of german land chickens , looks very nice and the hens perform well.
That is where the name comes from: they continue to lay eggs almost every day until they die. This can be deduced from old german text, meaning that older hens also produce a lot of eggs.
This breed was developed from speckled German land chickens at the beginning of the 19th century and is related to the Brakel or Breakel.

 

[Winderdear]

3 today, from Marzo, Helmikuu and Brelly

Août and Juillet are very playful lately, which only happens when they are taking a break from laying. I’m fine with that, it’s cute to see them frolicking around the yard

 

[SkyAJK]

Westphalian deathlayers
That is where the name comes from: they continue to lay eggs almost every day until they die.

I saw the photo, so beautiful breed and horrible name Deathlayers. I hope they are a hardy chicken and do not have reproductive issue.

Isa Brown should be named Deathlayers because they lay egg every day until they die from laying egg, but their life span is around 2 years in real life. They will start having reproductive issue around 1.5 years of age.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Did I already say I got 15 eggs today?

8 brown, 6 blue, 1 olive.

 

[Rand0]

got me 11 eggs out of the 29 hens (used to be 21). the white eggs from my brown leghorns are looking very nice!

 

[BDutch]

I saw the photo, so beautiful breed and horrible name Deathlayers. I hope they are a hardy chicken and do not have reproductive issue.

Isa Brown should be named Deathlayers because they lay egg every day until they die from laying egg, but their life span is around 2 years in real life. They will start having reproductive issue around 1.5 years of age.

I found more info in English about this old breed and how the strange name appeared . I have no personal knowledge about their health or longevity. 180 eggs a year is not extreme. In general the old heritage breeds are often quite strong and individuals can easily get 10 years old if there are no inbreeding problems within the breed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfälischer_Totleger

 

[SkyAJK]

I found more info in English about this old breed and how the strange name appeared . I have no personal knowledge about their health or longevity. 180 eggs a year is not extreme. In general the old heritage breeds are often quite strong and individuals can easily get 10 years old if there are no inbreeding problems within the breed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfälischer_Totleger

Thanks. I read it. I don't think we have this chicken breed in Australia as I have not seen or hear of it. It must be a rare breed.

Heritage is healthy. Isa Brown is a production layer so it has a very short life span.