are Mt.Healthies Barred Rocks good for layers??

[Taylor]

i have 15 and i was wondering if they are the egg laying type, or meat type. are they good layers all week/year, do they lay big brown eggs? and are their rhode island reds and buff orpingtons good too? mine are 15 wks old tomorrow and was just curious

 

[KyBlue]

Mt. Healthy's Barred Rocks are good heavy, dual purpose birds. They are my personal favorites from Mt. Healthy. Mine have been good consistent layers and lay a L/XL light brown egg. I still have a few 2 year olds in my flock and they are averaging about 5 eggs a week right now. I really like their Buff Orpingtons also. They are good layers but have a tendency to go broody in late spring. The RIRs are probably a little better layers than the other 2 breeds but are not as heavy as the BRs and Orps. Here's some pics of the BRs and RIR.
RIR with Comets

 

[Maximus]

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Do you now about there SLW I have 2 that will be 3 weeks old Wednesday.Thanks!

 

[KyBlue]

I had 3 SLW hens that I sold this spring. 2 of the 3 had decent lacing for hatchery birds- pretty birds. They were also fairly quiet and calm birds. They were decent layers but their eggs were smaller than the BRs, RIRs, and BOs.
Here they are:

Poor lacing