Well.......my brown leghorn is a cool chic and lays a decent size egg and she's somewhat personable. But I still vote for the red sex link or as I call them....Red Stars or the " Stars " because they laid early and their eggs are huge. Also lay daily. And they are sooooo friendly. Eventually...
I just read somewhere last week that a standard egg layer consumes 85 lb. of food per year.
I get my layer crumbles for 9.70 for 50 lb. This would come out to about 16.50 per year per bird.
My layers almost always lay an egg a day. The exception is my EE who lays about 5 a week.
I...