Realistic annual egg production?

[Winter Creek Coop]

I have a question for you record keepers. What are the realistic annual egg production for for various breeds? You see numbers and estimations from different hatcheries. For example, McMurray uses a Fair, Good, Better, Best description for each breed. They have brown leghorns and buff orps listed as “good” along with Polish! I don’t know about your polish, but mine aren’t even in the same ball park as those others. Hoover says polish lay about 110 eggs a year. That’s closer
to believable. My Leghorns and starlight green eggers lay really well, as in almost every day. Truly they lay 5-7 eggs a week in their first couple seasons.

What have you all seen for true annual egg production by breed assuming good nutrition and proper husbandry?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I don't know exactly how to calculate how many eggs my individual birds lay in a week. But, I get eggs from all my birds.

I got like 15 eggs Saturday.

14 eggs Friday.

13 eggs Thursday.

8 eggs Wednesday.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Thanks. That is out of how many hens? What type of hens?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thanks. That is out of how many hens? What type of hens?

I'll have to count my ladies, I'll be back with a number.

Breeds: Orpingtons

Project Orpingtons

Silkies

OEGBs

A Sebright

Black Copper Maran

Brahmas

Red JungleFowl hybrids

Mixed Breeds

 

[Offshoreorca]

I find this varies a lot with not only the breed, but individual birds and the lines within the breed. For example, we have a silkie hen that lays medium sized eggs that are significantly larger than some of my friend's silkie eggs. We also have a lot of Cochins that are laying 5-6 eggs a week their first year (and about 5 eggs a week in season 2), which is more than that breed is purported to lay. We don't use artificial light, which is also a major factor in boosting egg production in some breeds. It's hard to know where the hatcheries get their information from if they don't reference it

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Ok thanks. Great breed mix!

 

[MysteryChicken]

27 laying hens.
I forgot to include the EEs. I have so many birds.

27 + 4 = 30

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Great. Thanks. I also have a Cochin that lays really well.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

27 laying hens.
I forgot to include the EEs. I have so many birds.

27 + 4 = 30

Excellent. Are your easter eggers pretty good layers. Mone sure have been.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Excellent. Are your easter eggers pretty good layers. Mone sure have been.

I have 1 that hasn't laid in a week, & I don't blame her. It's been bitterly cold.

The other three has been pretty consistent, only missing 2-3 days in between, occasionally 1 day.