I hate to say it, but the hybrids have it!

[noitulover]

well, of all my chickens, there is only ONE chicken who has been laying consistently...

here are the results of the different breeds:

silkie: not currently laying since she's been broody for 30+ days
3 Buff Orpingtons: about 5 eggs from all 3 in a week (rate of lay: 1.67 eggs per week haha

)
2 Buff Rocks: 1 egg out of the two of them
Easter Egger: 3 eggs in one week

and the WINNER IS....

The Dekalb Amberlink with 5 regular sized eggs and 1 EXTRA JUMBO in a week!

you want to believe that the pure breeds lay just as well, but, i'll give it Dekalb... the hybrid breed lays well!

 

[slightlyscrambled]

My two red sex links started two months ago and have not missed a single day!!

 

[Year of the Rooster]

They don't call it 'hybrid-vigor' for nothing!

 

[usschicago1]

your hands down right

 

[redstars]

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Same here. 10 red sex links, They have been laying for about 5 weeks
9 to 10 eggs every day.
Hopefully they continue.

 

[noitulover]

now that we're on the subject of hybrid layers, which is yalls favorite?

black sex link
red sex link
california whites
hy-lines
dekalbs
etc. etc.

??

 

[fla_native]

If you hatch those eggs, what could be expected from the off spring?

 

[wombat]

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Golden Comets!

 

[noitulover]

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i'm not sure which hybrid you're talking about, but different kinds of hybrids would yield different kinds of offspring... it would also depend on what roo is over the hens...

if you mean do they breed true, then no... (ex. a black sex link roo over a black sex link hen will NOT yield "black sex-link" offspring)

 

[eggsrcool]

My only laying mutt (because the others are too young to be laying) lays me a small bantam sized egg everyday- but they're slowly getting bigger

I

mutts!