suggestions for good, efficient laying breed for spring? (w/leghorn Q)

[Cuban Longtails]

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Well oops! Sorry about that, I've got it cleaned out now so I have a bit more room. Please do bug me for an update if I don't remember to come back and give one myself.

 

[cajunlizz]

I DO NOT understand HOW they can eat as ya'll say they do , when their crop can and does only hold so much food .

My chickens run and eat like they have NOT eaten in a month when I 1st. feed them , BUT they not actually eating that much , CROP will only hold so much .

 

[patandchickens]

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Well, different chickens have different sized crops, and may fill them a different number of times per day

(For what it's worth, I, and I think many others, are talking about a situation where the food is always available - not where it is tossed down once or twice a day.)

The sussexes REALLY DO eat more than the ISA Browns, I can tell you that much. Don't have my notebook here so I can't quote numbers offhand.

Have you ever raised CornishX meat birds, Liz? THERE's your ultimate proof that two chickens of the same body size can eat radically different amounts of food - a CornishX chick eats WAY WAY more than another (older) chick of any other breed but same body weight.

Pat

 

[Cuban Longtails]

I've got y'all beat in the non-cornishX chicken food consumption. My malgache (madagascar game) runs around eating stuff all the time, his crop is constantly full!

It's weird 'cause he's got a naked crop area, I can sometimes see the outline of food pellets & stuff.

 

[tiki244]

I have had excellent luck with leghorns. They don't eat very much, confine well, and have been good broodies for me. And lay almost every day summer and winter. And it gets cold cold here. Mine are timid birds and the roosters are not aggressive, but I have not had any bad experiences with freakishness.