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I love my Brahma, they are hands down my smartest birds, and they are helping to provide eggs thru the winter when many of my others aren't pulling their weight as layers - but if you were to look at my Long Term Project [Lemonade], you'd see I was set on breeding out most of the Brahma traits...

Brahma are another good winter layer, but they grow more slowly than faverolles or sussex, and lay fewer eggs as well. Cute fluff balls, but probably not a good recommend for the OP - though I love mine.

@chickenhappy1233 Have you seen Henderson's Handy Dandy? Its not complete, there are SO SO many breeds, and I'm sure elements of it are disputed, but I find it a useful quick reference. I also use this .pdf chart from the Livestock Conservancy and this listing, Farmhouse Guide. Where the first...

My understanding (not first hand, but rather from research as I considered additions to the genetics of my flock) is that the Sussex laid only medium eggs and was moderately slow to mature, so you might be waiting a bit on that production. They also (again, based on reports) lay fewer eggs on...

If Eggs are what you want, and you aren't picky, I'm going to recommend the crossbreed Golden "Comets". Moderately small birds, 3.5 - 5.5#, sex link so you will buy only hens, early layers (between week 16 and 20). Large eggs, medium brown in color, almost every day. Sadly, pumping that many...