I'm struggling with this issue recently. I'd like to get some real producers (leghorns and comets) because I have egg customers that are always asking for eggs. I'm getting 2-4 eggs per day, which is not enough. There are 16 hens just over a year and a half old, 5 pullets that are 7 months old, and I just got 6 more pullets that are almost to the point of laying.
I will likely be overwhelmed with eggs this spring, but we stopped eating eggs this winter in order to try to fill egg orders. I'd love to do a hatch this spring, but I don't know if I will have the heart to eliminate many in the older flock next fall, and I certainly don't have room for more birds right now unless I get rid of some. Most of mine are hatchery birds, so I'm not sure they will lay much in their 3rd year. These are my first chickens, so I'm not sure what to expect.
I will likely be overwhelmed with eggs this spring, but we stopped eating eggs this winter in order to try to fill egg orders. I'd love to do a hatch this spring, but I don't know if I will have the heart to eliminate many in the older flock next fall, and I certainly don't have room for more birds right now unless I get rid of some. Most of mine are hatchery birds, so I'm not sure they will lay much in their 3rd year. These are my first chickens, so I'm not sure what to expect.