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Prairie Hills Homestead
Songster
It is a plan/goal for the furture. Might as well start with the proper breed and go for it. I have 5 legbars. I do like them but I wanted a brown or cream or white layer to add to my flock. I was thinking astralorps or orphingtons. I really want a bird who lays 5+ eggs a week but could be used in show.Why do you want it to be an APA breed, do you plan to show? If so, you'll likely have to put in some work to get a show line up to commercial production standards. Like... a lot of work.
If that isn't your goal... maybe consider legbars. There are production lines that lay almost as well as commercial leghorns. Do quiz the breeders you're considering, though, and make sure they have a stablized line that produces as you would expect. They are very winter hearty in every way aside from their comb. Id recommend dubbing in an environment like yours.