- Purpose
- eggs
- Egg color
- brown
- Eggs / year
- ~300
- Hen weight
- ~4.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- docile, calm, easily handled
- Forages
- good
- Broodiness
- low
- NPIP stock code
- R771
- Origin
- France (commercial hybrid)
Novogen™
A production cross with no breed standard. Chicks hatched from these birds will vary from their parents.
French commercial layer line comparable to the ISA Brown, a red sex-linked hybrid bred for early maturity and very high first-year output. Widely used in pastured commercial flocks in the US. Red-brown hens with white undertones.
Support heavy lay with quality feed and free-choice calcium. Production and shell quality decline after the second season; plan turnover.
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