Best breeds for egg production?

[SoJoChickens]

What chicken breeds are best for egg production? I live at high altitude (6000 ft) with very cold winters. I have had the best success with Golden Stars (sex links) for brown eggs and had one black sex link that produced fairly reliably for 4 years. That is not normal though. For me, the Golden Stars lay the largest eggs with the greatest consistency. I have had slightly less success with leghorns but they do fairly well for white eggs (at least in the summer - they slow way down in the winter).

 

[Acre4Me]

brown leghorns, not the production hybrid, and they laid plenty of eggs for my purpose.

LOL. Our Dark Brown Leghorns were NOT good layers. But, admittedly, after waiting nearly a year to get eggs from them, we sold them at 45 weeks of age and had only gotten a small number of eggs from them, and one hadn't started laying yet. All the rest of the other 5 breeds that were the same age had been laying for months and months. Also, they were really skittish, and we didn't care for them. The rooster also didn't like them and would keep them away from the food and chase them around. We added a second feed station and made sure they were always eating and drinking, but still, they had to dine and dash frequently, so we figured they might have a less stressful life with another family.

 

[Parront]

Lots of people love colored eggs. The neat Cream Legbar breed is very tempting, if I were getting one variety to breed I would want them. You can sex them yourself when they hatch, by color of the chicks, and they lay a light blue egg in pretty good amounts.

 

[Parront]

LOL. Our Dark Brown Leghorns were NOT good layers. But, admittedly, after waiting nearly a year to get eggs from them, we sold them at 45 weeks of age and had only gotten a small number of eggs from them, and one hadn't started laying yet. All the rest of the other 5 breeds that were the same age had been laying for months and months. Also, they were really skittish, and we didn't care for them. The rooster also didn't like them and would keep them away from the food and chase them around. We added a second feed station and made sure they were always eating and drinking, but still, they had to dine and dash frequently, so we figured they might have a less stressful life with another family.

I had leghorns in the mid-80's. They were light brown leghorns from MurrayMcMurray. They were not a calm breed, and did not get along with any other breeds. Laid nice large white eggs like crazy, though!

 

[Melenae]

My Rhode Island Red lays one very large brown egg every day! She is also super friendly and a great forager.

 

[aart]

Ayam cemini's are all black and lay black eggs,

Nope, they lay cream colored eggs.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Hands down White Leghorns are the best for eggs, plus they won’t be spent after 4 years like Red Sex Links.