You're welcome. Those are all good, reliable breeds which will give you lots of nice, large brown eggs. I love the chocolate (very dark brown) eggs of the Marans. In my opinion, they are the prettiest eggs in the chicken world. The Orpingtons are super sweet and gentle. My children, and now my...
Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. Since egg production and feed efficiency is your main focus and you do not plan on breeding them (on roosters), I would recommend Black Sex Links (Black Stars). They are cold hardy, friendly, feed efficient, egg laying machines that will...