Sephardic/Mizrahi Jewish Genetic Diseases. 1  Alpha-Thalassemia. 2  Ataxia Telangiectasia. 3  Beta-Thalassemia (B- 4 T) Corticosterone Methyloxidase Type II Deficiency.  Costeff Optic Atrophy (also known as Type III 3-methylglutaconic 1  Aciduria) Cystic Fibrosis.  Familial Mediterranean 1  Fever. Familial Tumoral Calcinosis.
They will lay best at 1 to 2 years of age. All pullets (female chicken under 1 year of age) lay small eggs at first and after a while will lay larger eggs. Younger hens will lay 1 egg every 3-4 days. A hen 30 weeks old can lay 2 eggs every 3 days.
Chickens usually don't simply stop laying eggs when they get to a certain age, but they will lay fewer as they get older.That said, most laying breeds will lay more or less productively in backyard terms for five or seven years.aying one or two fewer eggs just isn't usually important in backyard terms, even if you don't regard your hens as pets, but a commercial entity, a factory farm, sees financial sense in killing their all their one or two year olds and bringing in fresh chattel.