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[jerryf]

I have two Production Blacks (Black sexlinks) from Sunnyside hatchery I raised 25 pullets and kept two. They lay an egg every day without fail...we have -35 degrees two nights ago! I have heard the "hen only has so many eggs in her, you can get them all at once (1st yr) or fewer eggs over time. Well the hens are 10 months old, will go through a molt next fall........well they be good layers next winter too? My eggs need I could keep 8 and get plenty of eggs!

Leaning toward just the blacks and sell all my BLRWs
Jerry

[KSALguy]

they only have some many eggs yes, but they also can ONLY lay one egg a day, even if they layed one egg EVERY DAY which their systems cant handle anyway you would still have eggs for a long time, the problem isnt the number of eggs they have its more a combination of age and condition, older birds naturally slow down, hormones slow down, just like in human women, they dont run out of eggs they run out of time and hormones,
alot of people think that because sex links lay so well right off they get burnd out and run out of eggs, they will still lay their seccond year and lay decently well if kept on a good diet,