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Poultry and Pets => Poultry FAQs and other Information => Topic started by: babe on January 24, 2009, 22:15
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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
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That's fantastic Babe :D
Thank You :D
Heres the Duck version :lol:
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 :)
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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. :D
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. :D
Hope that makes sense!
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thanks for that foxy. :D
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Thanks Babes great help :D
Will use it alot
Catii
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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.
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If you look at the link below you will all the breeds listed :D
Chicken Breeds (http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKPoultryPage.html#Chickens)
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This is great.
Many thanks for this link foxy.
Think I might be creating a wish list :?
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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 :D
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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:
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Brill foxy and Co, thanks for this very handy :wink:
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Ooops babe what have you started! :lol: :lol:
Soon everyone will be getting more chooks from those generous fairies of yours! :lol:
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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. :)
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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 :wub: :wub: :wub:
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ducks really need to be kept on grass, yes? they eat a lot of it i've heard.
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I prefer chicken.
Thanks.
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Welcome to the site Dannydesil :lol:
This thread is 7 months old and is about the number of eggs produced by laying hens in a year; feel free to pop into the Welcome forum and tell us a bit about yourself and any hens you may own :)