I am starting to be amused by the hatchery/breeder debates. I like the way the same issue can be phrased so differently depending on your "Side."
Someone will say to me..."Breeders worry more about x and not egg laying...so their chickens don't lay as well...." Another person will say to me..."Your hatchery bird will lay well for a couple of years and stop because they are breed for egg laying." So here are my questions. If you have hatchery layers. Do you notice that they stop laying after three years? Are Breeders layers laying less well, but plugging along for 10 years still laying?
It would be especially helpful if someone had the same breed from both hatchery and breeder...
Just curious,
Julie
Someone will say to me..."Breeders worry more about x and not egg laying...so their chickens don't lay as well...." Another person will say to me..."Your hatchery bird will lay well for a couple of years and stop because they are breed for egg laying." So here are my questions. If you have hatchery layers. Do you notice that they stop laying after three years? Are Breeders layers laying less well, but plugging along for 10 years still laying?
It would be especially helpful if someone had the same breed from both hatchery and breeder...
Just curious,
Julie
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