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Have you considered getting a small number of several breeds to "audition" them? After a year, you should know which one you like best and can then keep those birds to breed (and get more, preferably from the same source) and sell the rest. Hens will always have buyers, and if you have...
My sussexes would tick all your boxes; also BR or BO, which some lines will lay a bit better than sussexes (although I am averaging 4-5 eggs a day out of 5 sussexes plus 1 campine, and one of the sussexes I'm not sure is laying hardly at all, meaning the rest are laying practically daily).
I'd...