If your looking for a good heritage and good free range breed, consider the Dominique as well! They lay an egg almost every day or every day, (they are pinkish and speckled) they forage amazingly, and they are surprisingly camouflage and predator proof. I’m also pretty sure they are on the watch...
the Wyandotte and the Rhode Island Red are the problem causers in my flock, lol. The rest are calm and laidback as can be. Will your chickens be free range?
Good luck! Here is a pic of some of my flock. We have 11 chickens in the big coop. 10 hens, one roo. We have 4 baby chicks in the house, and three under a broody. Chicken math is taking over 😅🤣😅
I have an Easter egger, she’s a great blue egg layer, (an egg almost every day or every day) she’s incredibly calm, loves to be picked up, and enjoys petting a lot. So i would suggest Easter egger. Plymouth rocks are great, too though, and the rooster’s are great loveable flock protectors! My...