Production chickens

[kscottjoyce]

Just wondering what "production chicken" means and if it is a good or a bad thing. Thank you for any response!

 

[Fred's Hens]

It simply means it has adequate production of laying to approach commercial viability. This generally means, under the right feed and other conditions, that you could expect 6 eggs per week of egg production. This is neither good/bad. It is what it is. A productive hen.

 

[crash0330]

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Yeah what fred said.
And as far as if it is a bad thing, it depends on what you look for in a chicken,if you are looking for eggs mainly but dont really want to show the chicken, then it's a good thing but if you want this chicken for showing then it's a bad thing as this production chickens do not meet the standards for showing.
They are still wonderful beautiful chickens tho.

 

[kscottjoyce]

Well I think they are wicked cute and not looking to show them at all. So bonus if they are bred to lay more eggs. I just have chickens as pets and the eggs are a bonus, no showing happening. Thanks for the information!

 

[crash0330]

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You will love them, in my experience they are caml friendly birds, and they lay big I mean big brown eggs.