How well do standard cochins lay?

[willkatdawson]

Do standard cohcins lay as well as say, orpingtons?

 

[chickn]

my std cochins did take a few months off this winter, i dont know about orpingtons

 

[lisahaschickens]

I am a newbie, but I have done a lot of reading on the topic because I wanted to get some cochins along with my buff orpingtons because they're beautiful and supposed to be very sweet. Anyway, they are supposed to be pretty bad layers... i think like an egg a week to Orpingtons' three per week on average, something like that.

Cochins are supossed to me good meat birds and pets, though.

 

[chickn]

my std cochins do lay everyday in the spring, summer, fall and she did brood a few chicks

 

[lisahaschickens]

check here for the laying tendencies of the various breeds, it's a great chart:

http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

Actually, according to this, it is two eggs to an Orpington's three.

 

[Rhett&SarahsMom]

My Cochin is currently laying right along with my Orps and Australorp.
The Australorp laid through the winter. The Orps and Cochin began laying steadily about 2.5 weeks ago

 

[JJMR794]

GOT 3 GIRLS LAYING FOR THE PAST WEEK= 20 EGGS. I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH ORPHINGTONS. I HAVE A BLUE HEN THAT WOULD SIT ON A PILE OF ROCKS UNTIL IT STARTED PEEPING! WHE RECENTLY SAT A COMMUNITY NEST OF 21, HATCHED 17 AND BROODED ALL OF THEM--- EVEN WITH WINTER COLD SHE NEVER LOST A CHICK!

HOPE THIS HELPS

P.S. == ALL MINE, EVEN BUBBA THE 14LB ROO ARE LAPDOG SWEET!

 

[MandyH]

Mine have laid consistently right up until it snowed yesterday LOL!!! That's the first time they have ever seen snow and I guess they thought they had died or something, I got 1 egg today and yesterday down from 14 and 17 the days before.

 

[ears73]

Mine tend to be moody - very unsettled with the snow as well... They seem to take time off from laying every now and again. I have 3 white and 1 partridge(just started laying this winter and tends to do her own thing so she might have a different egg laying record).

All very sweet birds tho!