Faverolles/araucana easter egger lays like an isa brown

[Altairsky]

She laid 10 eggs in 10 days, she doesn't appear to be taking a break anytime soon and I'm totally baffled.
I chose to breed chickens that lay no more than 150 eggs per year because I don't need more than that and I prioritize animal health, longevity and wellness over production, but this pullet is worrying me. It's from breeds that shouldn't lay that much. Anyone has experiences to share with this cross? Is Faverolles more productive than araucana? Her sister (not mixed with faverolles) doesn't lay than much. It would be a shame if, in 2 years, she ended up with cancer and peritonitis like isa browns do.

 

[Fallenone05]

If she's just started laying it's not uncommon. I have an Ameraucana that's laid every day since she's started. I think we're almost a month in since then and she's finally started skipping to every other or every two days for laying eggs.

Google says depending on genetics, Faverolles can lay anywhere between 150-240 eggs per year. Almost exactly the same with Araucana.

 

[Altairsky]

She laid 12 eggs in 12 days before taking a break, poor girl.

 

[ChookaPete]

She laid 10 eggs in 10 days, she doesn't appear to be taking a break anytime soon and I'm totally baffled.
I chose to breed chickens that lay no more than 150 eggs per year because I don't need more than that and I prioritize animal health, longevity and wellness over production, but this pullet is worrying me. It's from breeds that shouldn't lay that much. Anyone has experiences to share with this cross? Is Faverolles more productive than araucana? Her sister (not mixed with faverolles) doesn't lay than much. It would be a shame if, in 2 years, she ended up with cancer and peritonitis like isa browns do.

I wouldn't worry about her egg-laying rate. She will lay as many eggs as she wants to lay. How you care for her and the environment you provide for her, are what determine how she lives.

Don't fuss either with the character traits - they are only generic to the breed and not to each individual chicken! Don't assume that just because a chicken is of a certain breed, that he/she will get particular illnesses just because they have happened to other chickens.

Also, some breeds lay a clutch of 12 eggs. Others lay a clutch of 36 eggs. It varies from breed to breed, and especially - chicken to chicken.



For instance, I have four Hy-Line hybrid breed egg production hens (plus two 2-month old pullets), who all look slightly different to each other:

• Some are larger, some are smaller.
• Some have dark brown feathers, some have lighter-brown feathers.
• Some are speckled with orange and blonde.
• Some have an orange speckled hackles and brown body feathers.
• Some lay brown-tinged eggs, one lays large white eggs.
• One of them has gone broody twice in her life, and she is only just over one year old!
  • Since when does a hybrid chicken go broody when that trait is supposed to be bred out to prioritise production? Well, each chicken is its own chicken!

All of my chickens free-range across my backyard and front yard all day long, and only sleep in the coop. They lay in their own nests which can change every few months, though some do like a big patch of weeds, or inside the porch cupboard! They can easily lay for thirty days or so straight - , then might take a day or two off.

They eat grass, bugs, worms, leaves, corn, mixed grain, layer pellets, potato chips, apples, boiled eggs, ham, lamb mince, fried fish...anything I feed them!

They live the happiest life I can give them, and they seem quite content with that.