What tend to be the best layers? - Page 2

The ISA Brown is a phenomenal layer. Smaller bird (a little smaller than my New Hampshire Red) but lays jumbo sized eggs very consistently. Mine are two years old and still laying almost every day--yes, even through the dead of winter.

Note: I did have a small heat lamp for an injured bird in the coop so that did add some extra light through the shorter winter days. 

So as you can see from the replies, ANY common and/or popular breed found at any hatchery or feedstore is a pretty good layer. That's what they are bred for these days.

sex links. hands down, if you want brown eggs. 

Of all my breeds, my Wyandottes are the most consistent and sustained layers of the whole bunch, and they're eye candy, too. The Speckled Sussex are also showing tremendous promise.

I know that different breeds will supposedly lay at different rates, but I really feel like the most important factor is the light and general environment. I have 4 hens, and they did not lay for weeks when they were confined to the fairly large run without any artificial lighting. One I let them free range the yard and added a few hours of light, I started getting about 6 eggs a week from each hen.

My red stars have been steady since hitting 22 weeks old. EVERY day, except a few weeks right when winter started they went into a mild molt, they were laying 2 or 3 a week each for those 3 weeks, then back to EVERY day, even through the winter havent missed a beat. They always lay large-jumbo eggs. I have eggs in the incubator from them and my Ameracauna roo(my avatar pic), so hopefully they will be some pretty chickens that lay a ton of large blue, green, olive eggs    But the red stars arent much to look at in my opinion, so I would trade and egg or 2 per week for something way better looking. Thats why I am hatching 2 blue laced red wyandottes, a silver laced wyandotte, and 2 auburn java's eggs right now :) :)

By far you would want a commercially bred red sex-link or a commercially bred White Leghorn.  They'll outlay anything going, do it on less feed, with better shell quality, and mature earlier than any other breed or variety.

I personally favor Murray McMurrays Pear White Leghorns and the ISA Browns from Townline Hatchery.  They have become the backbone of my layer flocks.

Why dont you like White Leghorns?
I dont have any, just curious.

Arent Rhode Island Reds like egg machines?