Is a Silkie a best egg laying chicken?

[Girly White Silkie]

I was wondering if a Silkie is a best egg laying chicken. Please tell me if Silkies are best egg laying chickens!

 

[User395221]

Their eggs are small (so they don't go as far as larger eggs from a bigger breed), and they tend to go clucky a lot. I don't think they are renowned for being a top egg layer. Lovely chooks, though.

 

[N F C]

There was a breed focus thread on Silkies a while back that you might enjoy reading:
chicken-breed-focus-silkie.1048544

As @potato chip said, they aren't the best at egg laying but they are known to be good broodys (some people will use their Silkies to sit on fertile eggs).

 

[Girly White Silkie]

Their eggs are small (so they don't go as far as larger eggs from a bigger breed), and they tend to go clucky a lot. I don't think they are renowned for being a top egg layer. Lovely chooks, though.

How much eggs will a Silkie lay?

 

[Girly White Silkie]

There was a breed focus thread on Silkies a while back that you might enjoy reading:
chicken-breed-focus-silkie.1048544

As @potato chip said, they aren't the best at egg laying but they are known to be good broodys (some people will use their Silkies to sit on fertile eggs).

Thanks!

 

[MageofMist]

My silkies lay every day in a good month, then every 2-3 days in a bad one. Right now they are 2-3 days due to it being winter, and the amount of eggs varies from 0 to 3 out of my 6 laying hens, one of which has recently started laying. They are also prone to broodiness, great if you want to hatch your own chicks, but annoying if you just want eggs as the hen will stop laying eggs until you snap her out of it, which can be difficult with a stubborn broody...

 

[Girly White Silkie]

My silkies lay every day in a good month, then every 2-3 days in a bad one. Right now they are 2-3 days due to it being winter, and the amount of eggs varies from 0 to 3 out of my 6 laying hens, one of which has recently started laying. They are also prone to broodiness, great if you want to hatch your own chicks, but annoying if you just want eggs as the hen will stop laying eggs until you snap her out of it, which can be difficult with a stubborn broody...

How much fertile eggs do the silkies lay?

 

[MageofMist]

How much fertile eggs do the silkies lay?

You need a rooster to mate with the hens for fertile eggs, otherwise they won't be fertilized, but so far my hens have had good hatch yields. 5 out of 5 eggs hatched in our last batch, who are now coming into lay themselves.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

All the first generation sex-linked hybrid hens, white leghorns, and Rhode Island Reds make excellent to good egg producers. Every time a hen goes broody you will lose 3 weeks to 3 months worth of egg production, maybe even more

 

[Girly White Silkie]

All the first generation sex-linked hybrid hens, white leghorns, and Rhode Island Reds make excellent to good egg producers. Every time a hen goes broody you will lose 3 weeks to 3 months worth of egg production, maybe even more

Poor chicken...