Novogen breed

[sarandrew11]

Does anyone know anything about the Novogen breed or can point me to info? Thanks

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

NovoGen are red sex links that are very popular in commercial laying houses - both for their being able to be sexed with 100% accuracy at hatch due to being sex links and for their prolific laying in the first and second laying cycles. As sex links they aren't actually a "breed" but rather the result of a selective crossing of breeds. Sex links are sold under many different proprietary names, such as the NovoGen Brown.

 

[Shezadandy]

http://www.novogen-layer.com/products/novogen-brown/7767-commercial-layers-novogen-brown.html

I picked up a couple of these last week as teeny chicks- will be interesting to see how they do compared with the other breeds.