What percentage of chickens lay eggs?
 

My brother seems to think that the number is close to 50%.

I think that the number is closer to 99%

I tried looking on google but couldn't find an answer

so... what percentage of chickens lay eggs?

The girl ones!

You're both dumb as bricks. Chickens don't lay eggs, dumbass. Hens do.

lmfao :)

Chicken are FM, males are calles cocks. You must be from the city.

"Hens are taken from breeding farms when 18-20 weeks old and put into cages, usually with four other birds. Each hen can produce 300 eggs per year. This compares with only 12-20 eggs produced each year by their wild ancestors. Hens are so crowded that they are unable to move freely or flap their wings. After twelve months, the hens egg-laying ability starts to decline. Hens are then considered spent and so are slaughtered and used in baby foods, pet foods, soups, pies and other processed foods. The natural lifespan of a hen is about 5 or 6 years. "

Looks like all of them unless they are sick / deformed.

Chickens aren't FM! They are both male or female. Hens=FM chickens and Cockrells=M chickens.

The female ones and I'm sure most chickens are female. So it would be higher then 50%

Only the hens...lol....and you should hear them squack when they are pushing one out!

chick A newly hatched chicken.
capon A castrated male chicken used for meat.
cockerel A male chicken less than a year old. These often make it to the barbecue.
hen A female chicken more than a year old. These are the ones that lay the eggs.
pullet A female chicken less than a year old.
rooster A male chicken more than a year old.
egg If you don't know, you shouldn't be doing this.

And they can change their sex!

You must be bdjuf's brother.

Well logically most females of reproducing age should be able to reproduce. However:

a farm only needs a few token males to keep things happy, so their chicken population might be 99% egg-layers.
and since females too old to produce are immediately killed, then the only other sector of non-laying domestic chicken population is the young females.

bah. Why did I bother?