Best Chicken Breeds?

[flyer1979]

Not sure if this is the right place for this post, so flame if you want. I am building my coop now and it is designed to hold 4 standard or 6 bantams. My main goal is to eat fresh eggs i.e. I want chickens that can produce. I also want to have a variety of girls.

What type of chickens would you recommend?

Cheers,
Brian

 

[Opa]

Black australorps would be a good choice.

 

[nwgirl]

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Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds are both excellent egg layers.

 

[NEK38583]

Mines are

1.Mille Fleur D'uccles
2. Silkies
3. Cochins
4. Appenzeller Spitzhaubans
5. Belgan Quail d'anvers

 

[silkie freak 22]

my favorites are my silkies(my rooster is soo nice that he will actually crawl into my lap and sit when i let them out for a little while)
and my little whit cochin bantams they are really nice.

i had a barred rock rooster that was a nice guy( was a mixed breed he hovered over all the other chickens in my fock)
a stray cat came over that was sucking eggs and when it tried to kill a hen that rooster plucked that cat till it had no fur around its tail and its neck. you would think it would have gave up by then.

 

[MidnightChickenLover]

I beleive this is an okay place to post the category is Breeds, Genetics, & Showing... so it fits....
Hmmmm, thanks for the ideas... Sadly it doesn't narrow my list

 

[MidnightChickenLover]

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Oh, I thought you were talking about me, hahaha...

Yeah, I'm outa wack, The best layers on my farm are my Australorps, Prodution Hens, and Rhode Island Reds. I also beleive that there are some leghorn crosses that are supposed to lay better than leghorns. Oh, our Orpington layed very well too,

 

[tplummer]

I have always been a breeder of silkie and they are the best.

 

[Missy3b]

BO's are my favorite but I recently acquired some Wyandottes and they are quite friendly and beautiful, especially the roo.

As for the BO roos, they saved my chickens more than a few times by making so much noise when a coon came around that we heard it in the house. They are great watchdogs for the hens.

 

[catfish/okie]

Mine are New Hampshires, Wellsummers, and Buff Orpingtons because thats what kind of chickens I have. I also love any kind of Plymoth Rock.