EGG PRODUCTION BY THE NUMBERS

While egg production might not top your list of primary criteria when choosing a breed, it can help to know the approximate number of eggs that a breed could produce each year.

ancona: up to 280 eggs per year

aylesbury: fewer than 100 eggs per year

buff: over 200 eggs per year

cayuga: up to 150 eggs per year

Magpie: up to 290 eggs per year

saxony: over 200 eggs per year

silver appleyard: about 250 eggs per year

Welsh harlequin: sometimes over 300 eggs per year