How many eggs does a chicken lay in a day?
A.Rough estimates for the first two or three years of laying, when a hen is most productive, are in the high hundreds.
The most recent United States figure is 276 eggs a year, according to a survey by the Department of Agriculture.
Canadian battery hens are estimated by the Canadian branch of the Humane Society International to lay eggs on seven out of eight days, for a total of about 320, while poultry hens on small farms in Australia can be expected to yield four to five eggs a week, or 200 a year, by one