Best Breed for Egg Laying?

Leghorns and some of the Leghorn cross-breds are egg machines. They tend to being flighty, nervous, and can fly; they are very efficient with feed; they do well in confinement; and the eggs are white. Leghorns are what I used to have in high school; I got young cockerels for free since the local egg operation didn't want them and tended to drown them otherwise; and I raised them for broilers in the backyard - they aren't good meat birds but if they're living off what there is to eat in the backyard then they are cheap food.
 
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Rooster Cogburn was John Wayne's best movie, in my opinion and I think his chemistry with Katheryn Hepburn was real.

Back to chickens. Now I want sex links, RIRs, Barred Rocks, American Greys............ Better expand.......
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Yes i agree. How do you feel about Clint Eastwood?
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When i was considering breeds, i originally wanted to have a flock of one breed. But after looking at all the different breeds and how each one brings something special to the table, i would like to have a huge flock of all different breeds.
 
I just had to chime in that I LOVE your user name...wish I had thought of it myself:he! So many great John Wayne movies but True Grit is one of the tops on my JW list.
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I am new to chickens but I do have red and black sex links and they have just started laying (July 4) they were 18 weeks old and they give me about 5-6 brown eggs a week per bird. They are very sweet, easy to handle and care for my kids fiddle with them all the time. So far they have been great birds.
 
I'll have to say leghorns. See below as to whats in my small flock. They consistantly give me an egg a day ranging from med. to jumbo plus in size. I plan on adding 4 more as they are the only white egg layers I have.
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Recently watched The Good The Bad and The Ugly. Clint is the coolest of the movie cowboys. Need to look up the other spaghetti westerns. Like the John Wayne movies, I like the westerns more than the Dirty Harry movies / modern cop movies. Both those guys need cowboy hats on.

CHICKENS... I like the idea of mixing my flock. When my EEs grow up I'll fill the gaps with different breeds. Stars, RIR, Barred Rocks, I think.
 
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Recently watched The Good The Bad and The Ugly. Clint is the coolest of the movie cowboys. Need to look up the other spaghetti westerns. Like the John Wayne movies, I like the westerns more than the Dirty Harry movies / modern cop movies. Both those guys need cowboy hats on.

CHICKENS... I like the idea of mixing my flock. When my EEs grow up I'll fill the gaps with different breeds. Stars, RIR, Barred Rocks, I think.

P.S. Don't know how I posted this twice and can't figure out how to delete it.
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I think True Grit was a great movie and would be a good user name as well.
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Sex links are on the top of my wish list at this point because of their leg laying abilities and their good behavior.
Thanks!
 

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