Point of Lay Poultry

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 period: 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

  • A hybrid breed of various types of Rhode and Coucou
  • 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
  • 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

 

  • 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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