Egg hens rating

Not everyone wants to buy store eggs from chickens grown in poultry farms. This is understandable. Homemade chickens for eggs - a pledge of quality product on your table.

And in some cases, the breeding of domestic chickens can be an additional income - a family mini-enterprise, because a homemade egg costs more than a factory one. For this you need to have a room - a barn, a good fodder base, buy an egg bird and create suitable conditions for it.

Also for chickens of egg breeds, rapid development is characteristic - by the 100–140 day, this is a fully formed adult individual ready to lay eggs.

What breed of egg hens to choose for yourself or for your small business? Overview of rocks and their characteristics.

White leggorn

The birthplace of the breed is Italy, known since the XIX century.This breed of egg direction is the most popular and is the progenitor of almost all modern egg breeds. As a result of many years of breeding, various breeds appeared, but at the base of them there were initially good layers - leggorn. This is one of the most hardy, unpretentious, easy to breed, even for novice breed farmers.

It should be borne in mind that these chickens are too shy and subject to noise stress. If the noise background is high, it should be lowered. But the chickens acclimatize perfectly, thanks to which they are equally good for breeding for both the southern and northern regions.

The full maturation of the chicken occurs in 140-145 days - the first eggs are always small, the next with a weight of 60-62 grams. Egg laying chickens white leggorn: on average, a chicken produces 300 eggs a year. Breed is widely used not only in domestic, but also in industrial poultry farming.

Brekel

Belgian breed of chicken brekel - hardy, active, unpretentious, with strong immunity. They are not suitable only cellular or captive content - need walking.Chickens are fast-growing, with excellent not only egg-bearing, but also decorative qualities. Their plumage is dense - white-silver-black or golden-brown with black. Feather drawing - in the form of alternating waves. Well developed wings and long tail feathers. Brekel is one of the largest egg-breeding breeds, the weight of a chicken can be 2.5-2.7 kg. In the year the hen gives 180-220 eggs. Egg weight - 62-63 g.

Lohman Brown

Homeland - Germany. Date of breeding - the beginning of the 70s of the last century. This is a highly productive, unpretentious, with a stable immune system. They have an early development - 120 days. They are characterized by good cold resistance - during a cold snap, egg production does not decrease. They are great for our northern areas. Chicken broken brown - the best laying hens (up to 320-330 eggs per year). Egg mass - 63 g The main breeding material for him was the Plymouth Rock and the Rhode Island. The bird has a brown and white plumage. Chicken weighs an average of 1.9 kg. Walking is desirable, but not required. If this is a cellular or captive content, you need to make sure that there is no excessive crowding.

Minorca

This is a Spanish dwarf, ornamental, egg-bearing breed of chickens. Chickens are mobile, graceful, small, with a dense, usually black plumage, there are also with white. A characteristic feature are white earrings and slightly hanging comb in the form of a beret. Laying weight - 2.5-2.6 kg. The breed of chickens Minorca has several subspecies - American, English, German. Layers ripen in 155 days. Breed productivity - 175-185 eggs per year. White egg weighing 65-70 g.

Russian white

Or Snow White. Motherland -Russia, more precisely, the USSR. For breeding, white leggorn and local domestic chickens were taken as the basis. The breed finally became established in the 60s of the last century, and by the mid-70s it became the leading egg-bearing breed in the Union for industrial breeding. It is characterized by dense white feathers, long wings, beautiful long tail, yellow paws. Chicken weight - 1.8-1.9 kg. The onset of egg production is 150 days. White eggs weighing 55-57 g. Egg production - 190-200 eggs per year.

High line

Homeland - USA. Unpretentious, undemanding, calm, with a strong immunity bird. The color of the feathers is white or brown. Weight - about 2 kg, maturation - 170-180 days. These are good chickens for eggs, their productivity - 250-340 eggs from a chicken per year. Egg weighing 62-65 g Also among the advantages of the breed are high quality eggs and relatively low bird consumption of feed.

Hisex Brown

Homeland - the Netherlands. The breed was fixed (cross) in 1970. These are active, but not fighting, but calm chickens. The color of the plumage is golden brown. Maturation of hens is 140 days, weight - 2.1-2.2 kg. Egg production is about 300 eggs per year. The color of eggs is brown, the weight of one is 61-62 g. The breed is unpretentious, with good survival, but light-requiring. For stable performance, you need to maximize the daylight.

Hisex white

Or Haysex White is a subspecies of the Dutch Haysex with white plumage. This cross is smaller, weight - 1.7-1.8 kg. Egg production - from 140-145 days. Productivity - 290-300 eggs per year. Egg weight - 61-62 g, shell color - white.

Czech golden

Homeland - the Czech Republic. We have known this breed since the 70s of the XX century. Chickens are miniature, ornamental, very beautiful, of an unusual color - yellow-golden-brown. Chicken weight - 1.5-1.6 kg. Maturity comes from 150 days. Egg production is about 180 eggs per year. Egg weight - 53-56 g, the shell - brown and cream. The breed is unpretentious, not shy, but very mobile, active - they need space and walking.

Shaver

Homeland - Holland. Breed friendly, unpretentious, hardy, active. It is subdivided into three subspecies - shaver black, shaver brown, shaver white. They differ in the color of feathering and some outward appearance traits. But in general, the weight of the chickens shaver - 1.9-2 kg, rushing from 150-155 days, egg production - 340-350 eggs per year. Egg mass - 57-65 g. Eggs are brown or white.