Yes, sussex hens lay about 6-7 eggs a week which is a good layer!.
Most hens start laying at 5 to 7 months. The speckaled Sussex is a moderatly early maturing bird that may lay its first egg within that time frame.
There are several breeds that lay a large amount of eggs. The most common breed that are readily available. Leghorns Rhode Island Reds Australorp New Hampshires Sussex These are considered good to excellent laying hens.
Yes it can! Laying hens dont have as good eggs when they are keeped in the dark.
Cold weather does effect a hens laying. when the temperature is below 55 degrees or so this can effect a hens production. Mainly though the reduction in hours of daylight causes hens to stop laying. Anything below 14 hours of daylight will cause a hen to stop laying.
No you dont
they are useful by laying heathy eggs for people to eat p.s. good question
when your judging laying hens, your looking for laying ability, and a good hen would put all her effort in to laying eggs, so: 1) look for pigment in the legs and beak, Keratin provides the yellow in the pigment, but keratin also is the shell of the egg, so if they have less pigment that means that they devoted more to the egg then to themselves, this is a quality of a good laying hen. 2) good hens wont have good/ new feathers, look at the primary feathers, if they look old then its a good layer, if they have grown new feathers then they are not devoting all they can to laying eggs. 3) look for fat deposits around their vent, if they are storing fat then they aren't devoting all they have to laying. as far as the 4th trait, im not sure, Im an animal science major at the University of Kentucky, and we use these traits to judge laying ability.
No, not all hens cackle while laying.
no. they will lay without a rooster
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They shouldn't effect the process of laying eggs. It's always up to the hens attitude for that day.