[babe]

as lots of new people will be getting their first chickens come spring, and having noticed members asking which breeds lay what eggs.

here's a little seletion of who lays what colour, what size and approx how many in a year.

hope it helps


Brown Egg Layers

Barnvelver       -         170 large Dark brown

Brahma          -          140 medium brown

Cochin          -           110 small brown

Faverolle         -         100 Medium Light brown  

Indian game    -          80 small light brown

Jersey giant   -          180 medium brown

Maran               -       200 Medium Dark brown on pure breeds

Orpington           -       160  large brown

Rhode island red      -  200 large brown

Sussex                  -     180 medium light brown

Welsummer             -   140/160 large brown

Wyandotte            -    200 Medium

White Egg Layers

Appenzeller -150 medium white

Dorking -100/120 Medium  White, tinted if not a pure breed

Leghorn 200 - white

Hamburgh  - 140 small white

Poland - 120 small/medium white

Tinted Egg Layers

Old English game -120 small tinted

Pekin Tinted -120 Medium
 
Silkie -100 small/medium


Blue /Green Egg Layers

Araucana-150 Blue or green large eggs. green for darker birds

[Vember]

That's fantastic Babe
Thank You

Heres the Duck version

Ducks v’s Eggs


White Egg Layers Bantam Breeds

Call  25-75 (Also possible blue /green)
Minature Creasted 20

White Egg Layers Light Breeds

Abcot Ranger     250
Buff Orpington  150-220
Bali 120-250
Khaki Campbell  250-340
Large Creasted 150
Welsh Harliquin  240-330

White Egg Layers Heavy Breeds

Aylesbury 35-125
Muscovy 50-125
Pekin  125-225
Rouen 35-125
Saxony  190-240
Silver Appleyard 200-270


Blue / Green Layers Light Breeds

Indian Runner 150-300
Magpie 220-290


Blue / Green layers Heavy Breeds

Blue Swedish  100-150


Sarah

[Foxy]

Babe, my favs lay large eggies(second year) and far more than 100 per year. Orpingtons eggs are more medium than large in my experience.
Just a note: exhibition strains of "pure breeds" will lay less than their utility counterparts. So an exhibition strain of orpington will lay less  eggs than a utility strain of orpington.
Hope that makes sense!

[babe]

thanks for that foxy.  

[WR1]

Thanks Babes great help

Will use it alot

Catii

[Molly Hen]

This is great, for both Ducks and Chickens.

I know this would be asking way too much, but what would be great (particularly for newbies like me  would be a lickle picture along side the different breeds.  A massive job I know, so maybe a link to a good reference guide for pics of breeds.  

Thanks.

[Foxy]

If you look at the link below you will all the breeds listed

Chicken Breeds

[Molly Hen]

This is great.
Many thanks for this link foxy.  
Think I might be creating a wish list :?

[babe]

if anyone else, like foxy. keeps one of these breeds or another and get more/less or bigger/smaller eggs.

please point it out.

thanky poo  

[matilda duck]

Fantastic list well done girlies.

My Tufty ( white crested duck) lays a very beautiful green/white egg.  That could be just my interpritation of the colour though, and could be classed as white to breeders :roll:

[Hawkins]

Brill foxy and Co, thanks for this very handy  

[Foxy]

Ooops babe what have you started!  
Soon everyone will be getting more chooks from those generous fairies of yours!

[Bodger]

There are some extremely optimistic guesstamets there. There are going to be some very disillusioned poultry keepers if they go by some of these figures. If anyone can point me in the direction of any marans that regularly lay 200 eggs in a laying season, I'd over there like a shot.

[babe]

There are some extremely optimistic guesstamets there. There are going to be some very disillusioned poultry keepers if they go by some of these figures. If anyone can point me in the direction of any marans that regularly lay 200 eggs in a laying season, I'd over there like a shot.

 dont blame me, blame the book i borrowed the info from 

[upert]

ducks really need to be kept on grass, yes? they eat a lot of it i've heard.