Just recently watched a show about the true/false of shelf life's of kitchen goods: Eggs have a 6 month shelf life in the fridge AFTER the expiration date.
Well, that's a very generic question actually. With the 100's of breeds out there... you can easily dwindle it down but you'll still get a dozen answers. You generally have a lot of break down because you automatically get rid of bantams... small eggs, less laying. Though some of my birds who are small lay like champs and really over achieve on quanity. Then you have a few people who have the exception to the rule and have EXCELLENT layers of double yolkers but they only rock at it because their mama rocked as a good layer. Family genetics over breed...
So, to save yourself having to narrow down your choices.... go out and start a flock with like 10 favorites... then with Matt's chicken math in a year you'll have 200 chickens and more eggs then you can handle!!!
At least, that's what I'm doing! hahaha
