Delaware: Sourced Hatchery Egg and Weight Records
Sourced Delaware hatchery records for brown eggs, 208 to 312 eggs per year, 6.5 lb hens, 8.5 lb roosters, single comb, and 16 to 20 week maturity.
Egg production estimates by source
Each egg is 20 eggs/year. Solid = published minimum; outline = rest of the range. Scale goes to 320.
Mature weights by source
Quick facts
| Attribute | Value | Source |
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| Eggs Per Year | 208–312 eggs/year |
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| 260 eggs/year |
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| Egg Color | brown |
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| Hen Weight Lb | 6.5 lb |
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| Rooster Weight Lb | 8.5 lb |
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| Maturity Weeks | 16–20 weeks |
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| Comb Type | single |
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| Apa Class | American |
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| Breed Type | heritage |
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| Temperament | docile |
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| Climate Tolerance | both |
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Overview
Meyer Hatchery's Origin field records United States. McMurray Hatchery's Class field records American. Meyer Hatchery's APA Class field records American. McMurray Hatchery's Heritage Breed field records yes. Together those hatchery records support the displayed APA-class, breed-type, and country-of-origin fields at seller scope.
Egg records
Meyer Hatchery's Weekly Production field records 4-6 eggs, stored on this page as the annual equivalent 208-312 eggs per year. Hoover's Hatchery records Production as 260 Large Brown Eggs/Year. McMurray Hatchery's Delaware spec table records Egg Color as brown. Meyer Hatchery's Egg Color field records Brown. The page stores brown as the canonical egg-color label.
The retained evidence supports the displayed egg records at seller scope. It does not establish a seasonal laying pattern or a comparative egg-yield ranking against other breeds, so this profile makes none of those claims beyond what the categorical records assert.
Mature weight and laying maturity
McMurray Hatchery's Female Mature Weight field records 6.5 lbs and Male Mature Weight records 8.5 lbs. Meyer Hatchery's Bird Size field records Hens 6.5 lbs; Roosters 8.5 lbs. The page stores those overlapping numeric values and renders them in the chart and quick-facts table. The retained facts support only the listed sex-specific weights. They do not establish a body-size category, feed use, space requirement, growth rate, or carcass value; those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the numeric values.
Meyer Hatchery's Laying Maturity field records 16-20 weeks. The page stores that typed numeric range. The retained fact is a hatchery-listed laying-onset window rather than a promise that every hen begins laying inside it. The page does not convert the source's figure into a month estimate or infer a growth rate from it.
Other sourced fields
Hoover's Hatchery records Temperament as Docile, Calm, Friendly. The page stores docile as the canonical temperament label. The retained evidence does not establish a per-bird personality scale, a handling-instruction set, or a flock-management recommendation, so those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the temperament words.
McMurray Hatchery's Comb Type field records single. Meyer Hatchery records Comb Type as Single. Hoover's Hatchery records Comb Type as Single Comb. The page stores single as the canonical comb-type label. The retained evidence does not establish a comb-size category or a winter-hardiness conclusion from the comb description; those subjects are deliberately absent.
Hoover's Hatchery records Hardiness as Cold and Heat Hardy. The page stores both as the canonical climate-tolerance label. The retained evidence does not establish a coop-design recommendation or a ventilation specification; those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the climate words.
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Flock size calculator
Enter your household size and target egg output. The calculator returns the flock size and space you'll need based on the productivity tier you pick.
Hens needed: 2
(4 × 2 eggs/week / 5 eggs/hen/week, rounded up)
Coop space: 4 sq ft (2 sq ft/hen × 2 hens)
Run space: 20 sq ft (10 sq ft/hen × 2 hens)
These are minimums. Most backyard keepers give 1.5–2× this much space, especially for run area, to allow range rotation and reduce feather-picking behavior.
Where these numbers come from
- Low tier 3 eggs/hen/week — Egg Production: 150 – 280 eggs per year www.cacklehatchery.com
- Medium tier 5 eggs/hen/week — Egg Production: 200-280 eggs per year www.cacklehatchery.com
- High tier 6 eggs/hen/week — Cackle lists White Leghorns as producing large to extra-large white eggs, with an estimated 280–320 eggs per year. www.cacklehatchery.com
- Coop 2 sq ft + run 10 sq ft per large chicken (minimum) — A small bantam chicken needs a minimum of 1 square foot of indoor space and 4 square feet of outdoor space, while a large chicken needs a minimum of 2 square feet of indoor space and 10 square feet of outdoor space. extension.msstate.edu
Frequently asked questions
What country do the retained Delaware sources list as the breed origin?
Meyer Hatchery's Origin field records United States. McMurray Hatchery's Heritage Breed field records yes. The page stores heritage and American as the canonical breed-type and APA-class labels tied to that United States origin.
What annual egg estimate do the retained Delaware sources give?
Meyer Hatchery's Weekly Production field records 4-6 eggs, stored as the annual equivalent 208-312 eggs per year. Hoover's Hatchery records Production as 260 Large Brown Eggs/Year.
What egg color do the retained Delaware records list?
McMurray Hatchery's Delaware spec table records Egg Color as brown. Meyer Hatchery's Egg Color field records Brown. The page stores brown as the canonical egg-color label.
What mature weights do the retained Delaware records list?
McMurray Hatchery's Female Mature Weight field records 6.5 lbs and Male Mature Weight records 8.5 lbs. Meyer Hatchery's Bird Size field records Hens 6.5 lbs; Roosters 8.5 lbs.
What temperament, climate tolerance, and comb type do the retained Delaware records list?
Hoover's Hatchery records Temperament as Docile, Calm, Friendly and Hardiness as Cold and Heat Hardy. McMurray Hatchery's Comb Type field records single. Meyer Hatchery records Comb Type as Single. Hoover's Hatchery records Comb Type as Single Comb. The page stores docile, both, and single as the canonical labels.
What APA class, breed type, and laying maturity do the retained Delaware sources list?
McMurray Hatchery's Class field records American and its Heritage Breed field records yes. Meyer Hatchery's APA Class field records American. Meyer Hatchery's Laying Maturity field records 16-20 weeks. The page stores American, heritage, and 16-20 weeks as the canonical labels.