The article is informative and I believe from my experience of keeping backyard flocks for 30 years pretty accurate. I will say that folx should be aware that when they keep the incredibly high layers they are doing so at a cost. Those who produce 280 and more deplete their bodies quickly and end up with illnesses that not only stop them from laying but can cause ongoing health issues. I had a Golden Comet (two actually) one died at 4 and the other stopped laying after 2.5 straight years of egg production only to (literally) limp along for another four years of weak health. She was a lovely chicken but compared to my easter eggers and rocks and Wellsummers not very robust.
