Black Jersey Giant: Sourced Hatchery Egg and Weight Records
Sourced Black Jersey Giant hatchery records for brown eggs, 180 to 260 eggs per year, 10 lb hens, 13 lb roosters, single comb, and American APA class.
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 | 180–260 eggs/year |
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| 240 eggs/year |
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| 156–260 eggs/year |
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| Egg Color | brown |
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| Hen Weight Lb | 10 lb |
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| Rooster Weight Lb | 13 lb |
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| Comb Type | single |
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| Apa Class | American |
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| Temperament | docile |
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| Climate Tolerance | both |
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| Maturity Weeks | 16–24 weeks |
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| Breed Type | heritage |
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Overview
Cackle Hatchery's Country of Origin field records United States, New Jersey. Meyer Hatchery's Origin field records United States. Cackle Hatchery's Black Jersey Giant Poultry Show Class field records American Class. Meyer Hatchery's APA Class field records American. Together those hatchery records support the displayed APA-class and country-of-origin fields at seller scope.
Egg records
Cackle Hatchery's Black Jersey Giant breed-facts list records Egg Production as 180-260 eggs per year. Hoover's Hatchery records Production as 240 X-Large Brown Eggs/Year. Meyer Hatchery's Weekly Production field records 3-5 eggs, stored as the annual equivalent 156-260 eggs per year. Cackle Hatchery's Egg Shell Color field records 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
Cackle Hatchery's Black Jersey Giant Weights field records Hen 10 lbs and Rooster 13 lbs. Meyer Hatchery's Bird Size field records Hens 10.0 lbs; Roosters 13.0 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 16-24 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.
Cackle Hatchery's APA field records that the breed is recognized by the Standard of Perfection in 1922. The page stores heritage as the canonical breed-type label. The retained evidence does not establish a flock-size class or a conservation priority beyond that Standard-of-Perfection recognition; those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the breed-type word.
Other sourced fields
Cackle Hatchery's Temperament field records Docile. Hoover's Hatchery lists Temperament as Docile, Easy Going. 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.
Meyer Hatchery's Comb Type field records 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. Meyer Hatchery records Hardiness as Hardy in all climates. 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.
Related published pages
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 Black Jersey Giant sources list as the breed origin?
Cackle Hatchery's Country of Origin field records United States, New Jersey. Meyer Hatchery's Origin field records United States. The page stores American as the APA class tied to that United States origin.
What annual egg estimate do the retained Black Jersey Giant sources give?
Cackle Hatchery's breed-facts list records Egg Production as 180-260 eggs per year. Hoover's Hatchery records Production as 240 X-Large Brown Eggs/Year. Meyer Hatchery's Weekly Production field records 3-5 eggs, stored as the annual equivalent 156-260 eggs per year.
What egg color do the retained Black Jersey Giant records list?
Cackle Hatchery's Egg Shell Color field records 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 Black Jersey Giant records list?
Cackle Hatchery's Weights field records Hen 10 lbs and Rooster 13 lbs. Meyer Hatchery's Bird Size field records Hens 10.0 lbs; Roosters 13.0 lbs. The page stores those overlapping numeric values and renders them in the chart and quick-facts table.
What temperament, climate tolerance, and comb type do the retained Black Jersey Giant records list?
Cackle Hatchery's Temperament field records Docile. Hoover's Hatchery lists Temperament as Docile, Easy Going. Hoover's Hatchery records Hardiness as Cold and Heat Hardy. Meyer Hatchery records Hardiness as Hardy in all climates. Meyer Hatchery's Comb Type field records Single. Hoover's Hatchery records Comb Type as Single Comb. The page stores docile, both, and single as the canonical labels.
What APA class do the retained Black Jersey Giant sources list?
Cackle Hatchery's Poultry Show Class field records American Class. Meyer Hatchery's APA Class field records American. The page stores American as the canonical APA class label.
What laying maturity do the retained Black Jersey Giant sources list?
Meyer Hatchery's Laying Maturity field records 16-24 weeks. The page stores that typed numeric range and renders the value in the quick-facts table.