If you are looking for great egg-laying chickens here are the top best 10!
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1: Red Sexlink
Egg-size: x-large
Egg production: 300+ per year.
Weight: 5 lbs
Broody: rarely/never
Disposition: excellent
Personality: Docile and easily tamed.


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2: Rhode Island red:
Egg-size: x-large
Egg production: 280 per year.
Weight: 6-7 lbs
Broody: rarely
Disposition: better
Personality: generally easygoing


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3: White leghorn
Egg-size: x-large
Egg production: 280 per year.
Weight: 3 lbs
Broody: rarely/never
Disposition: poor
Personality: nervous/flighty



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4: Australorp
Egg-size: large
Egg production: 250 per year.
Weight: 6-7 lbs
Broody: occasionally
Disposition: better
Personality: sweet and shy


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5: Sussex
Egg-size: large
Egg production: 250 per year.
Weight: 6 lbs
Broody: occasionally
Disposition: better
Personality: Confident, curious and mellow


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6: Barred Plymouth Rock
Egg-size: large
Egg production: 200+ per year.
Weight: 6 lbs
Broody: occasionally
Disposition: better
Personality: calm, skittish

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7: Delaware
Egg-size: x-large
Egg production: 200 per year
Weight: 6 lbs
Broody: occasionally
Disposition: excellent
Personality: loud but very social.

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8: Wyandotte:
Egg-size: large
Egg production: 200 per year.
Weight: 7-8 lbs
Broody: occasionally/rarely.
Disposition: better
Personality: Has a tendency towards dominance.


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9: Easter egger
Egg-size: x- large
Egg production: 180-200 eggs per year.
Weight: 4 lbs
Broody: occasionally/consistently
Disposition: good
Personality: fun



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10: Buff Orpington:
Egg-size: large
Egg production: 180 per year.
Weight: 6 lbs
Broody: consistently
Disposition: good
Personality: great with kids