A wide range of attractive point of lay poultry is usually available throughout the summer for anyone wanting to keep a few hens in their garden. They are all hybrids, so they will lay a large number of eggs, copied to look like the pure breeds they have been bred from.
Rock
- A hybrid breed of various types of R.I.R. and Barred Rock
- Feather colour: black with gold markings
- Average body weight at 20 weeks: 1.600 kg
- Average body weight at 72 weeks: 2.200 kg
- Age at start of laying period: 21 weeks
- Age at peak of laying period: 25 weeks
- Peak of production: 90 % and more
- Production at the age of 72 weeks: 300 eggs/bird
- Monthly mortality: 0.3 to 0.5 %
- Average egg weight: 63 g
- Egg shell colour: brown
Maran
- A hybrid breed of Barred Plymouth Rock and Rhode Island Red
- Feather colour: speckled
- Average body weight at 20 weeks: 1.600 kg
- Average body weight at 72 weeks: 2.200 kg
- Age at start of laying p
eriod: 21 weeks
- Age at peak of laying period: 25 weeks
- Peak of production: 90 % and more
- Production at the age of 72 weeks: 270-290 eggs/bird
- Monthly mortality: 0.3 to 0.5 %
- Egg shell colour: brown
Bluebell
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A hybrid breed of various types of Rhode and Coucou
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Feather colour: slate grey
- Average body weight at 20 weeks: 1.600 kg
- Average body weight at 72 weeks: 2.400 kg to 2.500 kg
- Age at peak of laying period: 26 weeks
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Hen housed
performance at 72 weeks: up to 260 eggs
- Peak of production: 90 % and more
- Monthly mortality: 0.3 to 0.5 %
- Average egg weight: 63 g
- Egg shell colour: brown
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- A hybrid breed of Sussex and Rhode Island
- Feather colour: white with black markings on the neck and black tail and wing tips
- Average body weight at 20 weeks: 1.750 kg
- Average body weight at 72 weeks: 2.700 kg
- Age at start of laying period: 21 weeks
- Age at peak of laying period: 26 weeks
- Peak of production: 85 % and more
- Production at the age of 52 weeks: 235 to 250 eggs/bird
- Monthly mortality: 0.3 to 0.5 %
- Egg weight: 85 % of eggs weigh more than 57 g
- Average egg weight: 63-64 g
- Egg shell colour: brown
A modern White Leghorn hybrid
Feather colour: white
Bird temperament: very docile
Average body weight at 18 weeks: 1.200 to 1.300 kg
Average body weight at end of production: 1.700 kg to 1.900 kg
Age at 50% hen-day production: 145-150 days
Hen housed performance at 12 months: 302-312 eggs
Hen housed performance at 14 weeks: 340-350 eggs
Peak of production: 92-95 %
Livability at growing period: 97-98 %
Livability at laying period: 94-96 %
Feed consumption between 0-20 weeks: 7.0-7.5 kg/bird
Feed consumption at laying period: 105-115 g/bird/day
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