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Sharon Yorks:
I'm just curious as to how often or how many eggs a typical Ameraucana pullet usual lays. I never really kept track until this past December when I wanted to hatch out an early batch for our fair and collected eggs from 3 hens. In 10 days, all 3 hens gave me 7 eggs each, and since one of the hens wasn't related to the other two, I figured that must be around the normal average.

The pullet we took to the fair started laying the day before we left (Friday the 27th) and has given me 10 eggs in the past 13 days, not counting today. This seems odd to me given the fact she went from a stable home surroundings with an outside run, to a small hot cage with lots of people around for an entire week...although 30 minutes after we got there she was fluffing, scratching, and rolling around in her cage like she couldn't care less.

She was hatched on January 21 so that makes her a little over 6 month old. The majority of the rest of my females are either broody or molting so I'm really happy she's laying so well. Just wondering if this sounds exceptional or somewhat the norm.

--Sharon

Mike Gilbert:
Large fowl or bantam?   My large fowl (brown reds) are very good layers, though the eggs run small to medium usually.   Different strains may be better or worse than others.

Sharon Yorks:
This is a Large fowl blue that is out of a splash male and the black hen that is pictured with me. The first few eggs this pullet laid were kind of small but now are moving up to medium. Her mother lays a nice large egg. Both are good in color. I just didn't know if 5 eggs a week was normal. I never kept close track before, but I guess the more I think about it, if my others are laying 7 in 10 days, that averages out to about the same in 3 weeks. 

Russ:
My Black/Blue pens of L.F. lay my biggest (lg-xlg) and bluest eggs, but my L.F. Silver lay the most (md-lg) but are lighter blue. I have noticed on average I get 3-4 a week per Black hen and a 4-5 a week per Silver except in winter of course. So I would say you got some exceptional layers. I do know of 1 Black hen that does lay 5-6 a week consistently but unfortunately is light in weight and has bad pupil shape so I don't use her for breeding. I do enjoy her eggs though  ;).

jerryse:
My bantam whites lay the best of any of my varieties.Egg size is very good for bantam.About 16 oz per dozen.Last year a pen of 15 consistantly laid 12 eggs a day all spring,summer,and into fall.After moulting I let them rest for the winter.Even without extra light they still lay some in the winter.

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