Chicken Breeds: Who Lays The Best Eggs?

摘要

Chicken breeds can be categorized as egg, meat, dual purpose, and ornamental breeds. All of today's many breeds of chickens came from a single origin, the red jungle fowl. The most productive egg layers are the hybrids. Some hybrid pullets start laying when they are 17 weeks of age, but most breeds take more than 26 weeks before they mature and start laying. Egg coloration ranges from white, brown, to greenish or bluish eggs. Other considerations when choosing the right chicken is temperament of thehen and temperature tolerance.