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You can also stagger your bird purchases in hopes some come into lay the first year just as others are going into molt, in an effort to partially mitigate the usual fall/winter reduction in egg production. But that would have been better if half were purchased in FebMarch, the other half late...

You will need more than six. There are no breeds that reliably lay an egg a day. You won't need a lot more than six - but there will be illness, injury, molts, "mistaken" eggs, broken eggs, etc. Particularly if you are worried about sustainability in the long term. I'd plan 8-10 for 5 eggs a...