A point of lay is generally referred to a hen which has reached it appropriate age to start laying eggs.
The actual age may vary dependent of breed but generally around the 20 weeks old.
Hens may lay small eggs at first, but these gradually grow in size. The number of eggs laid normally peaks within 6 months and steadily declines thereafter.
The older birds are sold off as Hard-body/Culls for consumption around the 1 year mark once production has drastically reduced or come to a halt.
While we primarily incubate broilers, we do offer a special production cycle for clients requiring point of lays. We supply point of lays to numerous egg farms all over South Africa.
We also stock a limited amount of hard-body/culls which are transferred from our egg farm.
Kindly contact us if you are interested in point-of-lay or hard-body chickens.