Hens do their best egg laying in their first 2 years, they can however continue laying eggs, just not that many and not that good of quality for at least 12 years Hens do their best egg laying in their first two years, not true they will take about a year to start laying but then their good laying starts.
In general, a healthy chicken will never stop laying eggs. They will simply lay fewer eggs they get older. Usually after about five years, they become much less productive.
A chicken will lay eggs its entire life. The younger the hens, the more eggs they lay. When the hen is older, the amount of eggs will decrease.
The productive life of a layer hen is about 2 years. Hen usually start laying at about 5 to 7 months old and reach peak egg production at 11 months old. The number of eggs laid will drop at about 18 to 24 months old but some birds will continue to lay up to a year after that. Egg production will also drop when the hen molts or if nutritional needs are not met. Hens lay based on light availability, so if natural lighting conditions fall below 14 hours per day artificial lighting must be substituted or egg production will drop as a result.
chickens lay eggs for one season usually one everyday until the season ends it dependends on when the chicken was born and what type it was.
For about the first 2-3 years of its lifespan. Every day if healthy. It takes 25 hours for a chicken to make an egg to lay.
Pullets usually lay their first egg at around 7 months old. This varies by breed.
Hens can lay eggs for up to 7 years or so, depending on the hen.
No matter what the breed, a chicken can only lay one egg about every 24 hours. The real difference is how many eggs a year. Some industrial chickens can lay over 250 eggs a year on average.
They lay eggs daily, but if you want chicks you have to have a male to fertilize the eggs.
What you feed Chickens does not determine the color of the egg. The color of the egg is determined by the variety of the chicken. For instance, while a white leghorn chicken will lay white eggs, a Brahma chicken will lay brown eggs and an Americana chicken will lay eggs that range from blue to green! there has been a recent discovery of a chicken variety that lays purple eggs, but not much information is available about them yet.
i don't think all of theme do but it takes a very long time to lay a egg a example like canary
Hens are chickens.Hens are female chickens and lay eggs.Roosters are male chickens and do not lay eggs.So your answer is YES, you need a hen to lay eggs.
Chocolate chickens don't lay eggs.
Chickens in Battery farms are bred to lay many eggs during their lifetime. 250 to 300 per year and they are kept for two years. Expect about 600 eggs from a battery or factory farm chicken.
Ten to twelve eggs.
that would be zero they lay eggs
Well that all depends on how many eggs that chicken can lay in a day. There isn't enough information.
your average chicken/hen lays about 260 eggs a year.
The average chicken lays 300 eggs per year
one per day
Any breed of chicken can lay eggs for breeding if they are fertilised.
No rooster can lay eggs.
The Legbar chicken will lay around 180 or more eggs each year. These chickens lay blue eggs which are unique.
No matter what the breed, a chicken can only lay one egg about every 24 hours. The real difference is how many eggs a year. Some industrial chickens can lay over 250 eggs a year on average.