Meet the Sturdy Layers: Top 10 Chickens for Consistently Large Eggs
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
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When it comes to egg size, not all chicken breeds are created equal! 🥚📏 Today at The Happy Chicken Coop, we’re exploring the top 10 chicken breeds known for laying generously-sized, large eggs.
If you’re eyeing an upgrade for your breakfast plate or simply enjoy the bounty of substantial eggs, these breeds might just capture your heart! 💖🐥
From the robust Rhode Island Red to the elegant Sussex, each of these feathered friends brings something unique to the nest. 🎉
Nestle in as we venture through coops and explore each breed, discussing their temperament, care needs, and of course, their impressive egg-laying capabilities! 🌟🐣
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All hens have a certain number of eggs they lay over there lifetime.if you give them light to keep laying. It will just shorten the time. They need a natural break
They may benefit from a break, but the chicken will literally keep laying eggs, its whole life, and they are born with thousands upon thousands so you are not gonna notice a difference.
You will when they molt. Starts early fall.
The first video that gave me the info I was looking for thank you as a first time chicken getter 😆 at the ripe old age of almost 60 this channel may be the one I’ve been looking for thank you. 🙋♀️🐓🤗
"Unfortunately, double yolks are not uncommon." Double yolks are a blessing! I like free rubber bands too.
Always had a few barred Rocks in the flock and they consistently had the largest eggs. Between 100 and 120 gram eggs. Real happy with the Novagens right now as well. Adding Leghorns next spring.
Love my Delaware chickens best! I have Americana,Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Red birds but the Delaware are the best.
You forget the Sapphire Gem Large to XL eggs. 290 eggs a year
There is no link in the description… could you post that please I would be very grateful
Thanks for the great info. I've found my Rhode Island Red to be my most consistent egg layer. I agree that Comets are great layers too. I free range my chickens 24/7. I hardly supplement their food. I gather 12 eggs or more a day. They roost in the tree near the house and are near a large fenced dog area, so they stay safe from preditors. Chickens are the best.
Absolutely the best chicken video in the whole wide world and I’ve watched all them !!!!!!
Love my Golden Comets... aka ISA brown girls. 🐔🐔🐔 Super friendly lap chickens and lots of eggs. (One a day from each so far. Started layimg end of June 2023)
I feed all my chickens, no matter what their age, grower feed. Done it for years. They have short malts, they laid a good amount of eggs. They are very healthy.
I have 6 Golden Comets in my flock of 13 hens (loss a Golden Comet and a Easter Egger to the heat in July).
But my monster size egg layer is a New Hampshire Red. She was the last one they had, so I grabbed her!
Her eggs are easily the largest I get.
My largest chicken breed lays my smallest egg. I have a Grey Brahma that lays a really small pink egg!
Good morning to you, I came across your channel by accident and am so glad I did. I have six chickens for laying. Your video is so educational. I have just subscribed to follow you. Happy New Year.
I like this video really improve my knowdledge around chicken.thank you so mich
Greay advice.❤
My California white hen lays white XL-Jumbo eggs and her larger friend the Delaware hen lays medium speckled brown eggs..
White Leghorns are small and lay large eggs and a lot of them. So how does this fit with the large bird large egg principle?
Interesting information
I'm surprised the Jersey Giant isn't on this list.
Are the golden comets cold hardy?
as I'm sitting here I see my chickens running around like they hate the finches and other birds, I feel my chickens would attack a wild bird if they got the chance.
I take my Cinnamon Queens every time!
I can't believe you don't mention the Jersey Giant. One egg makes an omelette. And while not a super layer, produces 200-240 eggs a year, which is quite good for a couple or small family. They take a bit longer than other chickens, but also make great stewing hens when older. This breed is great for eggs and meat in older hens.
We have Jersey Giants. Our first group just started laying. Great chickens over all. They are calm and big enough to sway natural predators. They also take a bit longer to start producing.
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What's wrong with double yolkers i love them
We have 4 breeds, 2 made this list Minorcas and Barnevelders 👍🙏✌️
Your videos are always very informative and well worth watching. However, may I suggest that you break them up into two videos: Methods for optimum egg laying, and best chickens for egg laying. Two separate topics here.
Thank you for no music!!
I have several breeds - and the only one consistently laying extra large or jumbo eggs are the Red Sex Link hens. Even a skinny looking red sex link lays me the jumbo eggs. DAILY
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My Jersey Giants lay nice big eggs . I'm n da process of raising high production layers also flashy colored birds . My goal is to get high production birds w great coloring features . I have Orpington, Plymouth Barred Rocks, Jersey Giants, Easter eggers which all lay great . All my birds laid right through winter especially after I stopped feeding the laying pellets and went to a local feed store n bought what they called a hog mix which is 16% . I've purchased Sapphire Gems, Rhode Island Reds, Calico Princess, Silver Laced Wyandotte for color, Copper Marans for dark brown eggs, Ameraucanas w tuffs and beautiful coloring . I'll b breeding my pick of hens with a Rhode Island Red and a Sapphire Gem Roo n different coops . This may take a few rounds to achieve my high production layers w beautiful coloring but as u mentioned feed and environment play a big role . Nothing better than having a few good brood hens around as the Orpington hens r .. Buying chic's is a hard task . I've learned to add a touch of cooking oil to their feed to help digest their grain n order to pass it without difficulty .. N yes I've had this problem w the chic starter grower feed too . That to me is over rated and over priced as my birds do just fine on the 16% hog mix . And of course all of my feather babies r a bit on da spoiled side n get their share of treats . Even the eight game chickens I have ; hen n 7 chic's like being pampered . I enesully bought chickens to help people if n when times get tough . I've given every dozen or 18 pack away except for 3 dozen . After realizing da cost of grain I've decided to start a breeding program n order to sell some laying pullets to compensate for da cost of grain . It gets costly feeding a flock of 30-50 birds .
Much love and blessings.
Giants do lay a huge egg. I got some that are Splash and some regular black ones. One egg can make a good omelet. It appears that somebody is messing with the feed for chickens, and it has forced me to figure out what works for them.
Jerseys definately lay the largest eggs and should have been in the top 10?
I use laying mash for years
4:32 if you came for the answer to the title.
I had never seen a white egg befire i git a cgucjen that laid them in NZ supermarket eggs are brown probably is some white but i haven't personally seen them lol
Whar chicken breed gives multiple yolk eggs??
My leghorn lays very large eggs and I have gotten 4 double yolkers off her in the last 6 months
My family is watching carefully.
I have kept Golden Comets, make sure you have access to cheap white lime stone powder for calcium, eggs are 54 grams to 85 grams, jumbo is 71 grams / europe 73 g extra large. Eggs per year ... overwhelming, lol. Keep a balanced diet with calcium. They do lay a lot, so they need good feed balanced and meat for protein. Need room in cages they do not fair well , and will reduce productivity after the first laying yrat
can you share daily feeding menu ?
also which bread gives very big size with 280+ per year eggs...
@MrCHATTERJEE01 golden Comets are the only bread to go with. Even with a not ideal feed, they will lay 5/6 eggs a week. Cage free. Feed they need grass/plants veg and protein in the first 6 months. I use commercial pellets and a good quality seed mix plus foods scraps and even meat. First 6 month i also feed alot of grass/ plant materials. They eat everything. I usa a 3 part bran to one part powered lime stone or calcium plus feed back crushed egg shells
@@deepbluewater7714 Thanks 😊🙏
My cornish cross hens lay really big eggs.
My sapphire gems lay massive eggs. The barred rock not so big
Isa browns are the best jumbo layers
Yikes! Yes, a 30 ounce egg would certainly be jumbo! Whoever prepared your egg sizing chart forgot to include the decimal points.
Black Copper Marans will lay huge eggs as well
Our New Hampshire Red is mean (pecks at the other chicken), is loud and lays small eggs. Will not get another.
There's always so much focus on increasing egg size and numbers but at what cost to the chicken? Would incorporating these tips to increase the size of the eggs also increase the chance of the hens becoming egg bound? Cancers? What about just wearing their bodies out from producing such high numbers of eggs? I've had Lohmann's before and their bodies are shot by the time they reach two years of age. The eggs they do produce in that second year have very weak shells and just aren't good quality. I would like to know more about breeds that live longer and healthier lives. Ones that have sustainable production numbers. Not all of us are interested in eeking out every cent in profit from our birds at the expense of their health.
How can a pewee sized egg weigh 15 ounces? That's a pound.
Jersey Giants missed da list 🤷
Play gentle classical music in the background for your chickens, and they will be more peaceful and the hens will lay better also. Play heavy metal if you want your chickens to stop laying... what does that tell you?!