Orpington egg size and number?

[Susan-B]

I'm reading on one site that the Orpington lays about 156 large brown eggs a year (this is what my local store had said also). But most other places I'm seeing it listed as 200-280 large brown eggs a year. Which is more accurate? Could there be a difference based on their lines? Just curious because I almost added one today but was unsure of the egg production

 

[chickentrains]

feed store chickens don't lay as much

my buff orpington lays every day, with a few oddball days off here and there

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Feed stores and hatchery chicks lay more because hatcheries breed for production. Not quality. It’s why the Orps you see from hatcheries and feed stores have like no fluff when Orps are supposed to be a super fluffy breed.

 

[Susan-B]

Feed stores and hatchery chicks lay more because hatcheries breed for production. Not quality. It’s why the Orps you see from hatcheries and feed stores have like no fluff when Orps are supposed to be a super fluffy breed.

The lower number was quoted from the chick from the hatchery,sold by my feed store. That’s why I found it odd