Golden Comet
Egg layer · United States · 🌱 Beginner friendly
The Golden Comet is a modern sex-linked hybrid built to do one thing spectacularly: fill the egg basket. These reddish-gold hens start laying early, keep an almost daily pace at their peak, and tend to be the first bird in the flock to hop into your lap.
Eggs per year
250–320
Egg color
Brown
Egg size
Large
Hen weight
4–5.5 lbs
Temperament
Sweet and people-oriented
Broodiness
Rarely goes broody
Did you know?
Because their bodies pour so much into production, Comets lay most of their lifetime eggs in the first two to three years — a true sprinter among chickens.
Is the Golden Comet right for your flock?
Expect roughly 250–320 brown eggs a year from a healthy hen in her prime — production dips during molt and the short days of winter, and eases off as she ages. Planning space? A Golden Comet hen runs 4–5.5 lbs, so size the coop with our coop size calculator and estimate the feed bill with the feed cost calculator.
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