Mottled Houdan: Sourced Hatchery Egg and Weight Records
Sourced Mottled Houdan hatchery records for white eggs, 150+ eggs per year, 6.5 lb hens, 8 lb roosters, V-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 | 150 eggs/year |
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| Egg Color | white |
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| Hen Weight Lb | 6.5 lb |
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| Rooster Weight Lb | 8 lb |
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| Maturity Weeks | 16–20 weeks |
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| Comb Type | v-shaped |
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| Apa Class | Continental |
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| Temperament | docile |
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| Climate Tolerance | heat |
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| Breed Type | heritage |
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Overview
Cackle Hatchery's Country of Origin field records France. Meyer Hatchery's Origin field also records France. Cackle Hatchery's Poultry Show Class field records Continental Class. Meyer Hatchery's APA Class field records Continental. Cackle Hatchery's TLC field records that the breed is a sustainable heritage chicken breed. Together those hatchery records support the displayed APA-class, breed-type, and country-of-origin fields at seller scope.
Egg records
Cackle Hatchery's Mottled Houdan breed-facts list records Egg Production as 150+ eggs per year. Cackle Hatchery's Egg Shell Color field records White. Meyer Hatchery's Egg Color field records White. The page stores white 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
Cackle Hatchery's Weights field records Hen 6 1/2 lbs and Rooster 8 lbs. The page stores those overlapping numeric values and renders them in the chart and quick-facts table. Meyer Hatchery's Bird Size field records Hens at one value and Roosters at another; those values are not stored because the two sources do not overlap. The retained facts support only the listed sex-specific weights from Cackle. 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
Cackle Hatchery's Temperament field records Docile. 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 word.
Meyer Hatchery's Comb Type field records V-Comb. The page stores v-shaped 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.
Meyer Hatchery records Hardiness as Heat Hardy. The page stores heat 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 word.
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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: 3
(4 × 2 eggs/week / 3 eggs/hen/week, rounded up)
Coop space: 6 sq ft (2 sq ft/hen × 3 hens)
Run space: 30 sq ft (10 sq ft/hen × 3 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 Mottled Houdan sources list as the breed origin?
Cackle Hatchery's Country of Origin field records France. Meyer Hatchery's Origin field also records France. Cackle Hatchery's Poultry Show Class field records Continental Class. Meyer Hatchery's APA Class field records Continental. The page stores Continental as the canonical APA-class label tied to that French origin.
What annual egg estimate do the retained Mottled Houdan sources give?
Cackle Hatchery's breed-facts list records Egg Production as 150+ eggs per year.
What egg color do the retained Mottled Houdan records list?
Cackle Hatchery's Egg Shell Color field records White. Meyer Hatchery's Egg Color field records White. The page stores white as the canonical egg-color label.
What mature weights do the retained Mottled Houdan records list?
Cackle Hatchery's Weights field records Hen 6 1/2 lbs and Rooster 8 lbs. Meyer Hatchery's Bird Size field records Hens at one value and Roosters at another. The page stores Cackle's overlapping numeric values and renders them in the chart and quick-facts table; Meyer's values are not stored because the two sources do not overlap.
What temperament, climate tolerance, and comb type do the retained Mottled Houdan records list?
Cackle Hatchery's Temperament field records Docile. Meyer Hatchery records Hardiness as Heat Hardy. Meyer Hatchery's Comb Type field records V-Comb. The page stores docile, heat, and v-shaped as the canonical labels.
What APA class, breed type, and laying maturity do the retained Mottled Houdan sources list?
Cackle Hatchery's Poultry Show Class field records Continental Class. Meyer Hatchery's APA Class field records Continental. Cackle Hatchery's TLC field records that the breed is a sustainable heritage chicken breed. Meyer Hatchery's Laying Maturity field records 16-20 weeks. The page stores Continental, heritage, and 16-20 weeks as the canonical labels.