Re: Egg laying Trials


"Ginny" <glvl88REMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Has anyone heard if these type of trials are carried out anymore?

I have been given a book of my grandfathers, The Feathered Year Book of
South Australia 1929 which covers all the poultry breeds available then,
diseases, hatching with kero incubators and egg laying competion results
for the previous 5 yrs.

For those interested the white leghorns were the clear winners with 293,
288, 312, 240 and 295 eggs laid for each year from a single bird with
black orpingtons coming a close second eash yr. What surprised me was
the ducks. A Runner duck laid 336 eggs in 365 days and in following yrs
317, 288, and 312(Khaki Campbell). I wonder if pure bred birds like this
still perform or if these figures are only attainable from xbred layers.

Ginny

Thanks Ginny, that was really interesting. I had always intended to get
some Leghorns myself, but was put off by tales of their excessive
flightiness and feared losing them in neighbours gardens via the trees and
hedges. I am told they are great characters though - and obviously
excellent layers :-)
I feel Araucanas would be somewhere near the bottom of the trials, as my two
seem to lay less frequently and smaller egg sizes than all the others (often
below 2oz) - but hey, these eggs keep well and look pretty and it was
believed they were better for you (lower in cholestrol or something) but I
don't think that has been scientifically proven.
Rosie


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