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Champion layer

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Champion layer

In 1960 a farm hen laid on average 164 eggs per year. This Barred Rock pullet, at the Wallaceville Poultry Unit, laid 283 eggs in 48 weeks in 1955–56.

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Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, Poultry industry – Growth of the egg industry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17297/champion-layer (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, published 1 March 2009.