Would meat chickens lay eggs if mated?

[Quavo]

I have a brahma and she is meat chicken, I'm wondering if she doesn't lay eggs. She will if she gets mated?

 

[1cock2hens]

All different breeds of chicken lay eggs and it has nothing to do with being mated. Hens that have never ever been around roosters will lay.

And no, breeding the chicken won't make it lay.

How old is your hen?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Brahmas are Duel Purpose breeds. Meaning meat, & eggs.

All chickens lay at a certain age, between 5-6 months on average, but some later on. Chickens don't need to be mated to lay eggs.

 

[Quavo]

Oh ok, my brother said brahma are meat chickens and that they don't lay eggs. But I've seen her broody many time

 

[MysteryChicken]

Oh ok, my brother said brahma are meat chickens and that they don't lay eggs. But I've seen her broody many time

Meat chickens lay eggs, they just rarely able to live long enough to do so.(Cornish Cross)

 

[1cock2hens]

Oh ok, my brother said brahma are meat chickens and that they don't lay eggs. But I've seen her broody many time

Well your brother has been misinformed. All chickens lay eggs, some more than others. Meat chickens typically lay less eggs then a laying hen but they still lay.

You've seen her sit on cluches of eggs and try to hatch them for 3 weeks?

 

[Quavo]

Ar9und 3 days at most

 

[1cock2hens]

If she has tried to go broody I would guess she has been laying and you just haven't seen her. Chickens will sometimes take awhile to start laying again once they loose the urge to be broody. Good luck!

 

[tlcmurphy]

Oh ok, my brother said brahma are meat chickens and that they don't lay eggs. But I've seen her broody many time

Hard to get more chickens if they don’t lay eggs

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Oh ok, my brother said brahma are meat chickens and that they don't lay eggs. But I've seen her broody many time

Whomever provided your brother an education did him a disservice. How would there be new Brahma if old Brahma didn't lay eggs?

All the Brahma are gone from my flock, but they mostly started laying around month seven, and in their first year, they laid about 3 eggs every five days, mostly medium or medium large, and generally some tone of cream. They also took forever to put on size - they looked big, but didn't weigh it.

Love the pattern, not in love with almost everything else about them.