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Faverolles: This breed is a good choice for backyard chicken keepers, as they are good egg layers and also friendly and docile. Faverolles can lay up to 150 eggs per year. 13.
We’ve all heard of the goose that laid the golden egg, but what about chickens that lay pink eggs? Chicken eggs come in many shades of white, cream, dark brown, green, blue, and pink. What turns ...
Cold climate: Silkies. Silkies aren’t great at laying eggs (you can expect fewer than 100 a year), but they’re pretty chickens, with gorgeous feathers and a wide range of colorings.
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Like you’ll hear, when they lay an egg, they make like a certain egg laying noise and, just kind of like [00:16:00] little personality quirks of each breed, and that’s why I always recommend a ...
White chicken breeds typically produce brown, chalk white, or very light eggs. Many black chicken breeds, like the Crèvecoeur, Spanish, and Sumatra, produce white eggs. Skin color.
Hens will lay eggs whether a male chicken (rooster) is present or not. Popular egg-laying breeds include White Leghorn and Ameraucana. These breeds can lay 250 to 300 eggs per year. Around 18 months ...