Best white egg layer for smaller yards?

[Kabootar]

They wanted quiet and friendly.

Oh yes, I completely missed it. Silly me!!! Dorkings are good and quite birds, but mine are very broody and make good mothers. So if the op doesn't mind dealing with broodies and an extra toe, then Dorkings are good birds. I personally like them.

 

[Kabootar]

Ancona, Dorking, Polish, Hamburg, California White.

Hamburgs are pretty flighty and they lay smaller and fewer eggs.

 

[Parront]

I got Barred Holland chicks for just those qualities. They are a pretty rare breed, I got them from the breeder who is a member here @rjohns39 could tell you more about them as layers. Mine are almost 3 weeks old, very friendly chicks. More the dual purpose type but they lay white eggs.

 

[Vin]

Go classic, nothing beats the Mediterranean breeds in White egg department.

New to the chicken forum...what Mediterranean breeds exactly are you recommending?

 

[Parront]

New to the chicken forum...what Mediterranean breeds exactly are you recommending?

Mediterranean breeds all lay white eggs, and are from the Mediterranean area, Spain and Italy mostly. They tend to be a little more nervous than the Dual purpose breeds that a lot of people like in their yards. Leghorn is a very popular Med. breed. I have 2 Brown Leghorns, they are the smallest of my hens, but they lay the largest eggs. They run back and forth a lot, and sometimes they can pick on the other birds -- even birds larger than they are!

 

[Parront]

Polish might be a good breed. But their egg laying isn’t the best.

If you can only keep a few birds, I think you would want good layers. The Barred Hollands I have are very good layers, and nice calm birds. Can not say enough good things about them. My 3 older ones, I always get 2 and lots of the time 3 eggs per day from them right now. Here is one, she looks like a Barred Rock, but lays a white egg and is smaller and eats less!

 

[BleuSaphir]

If you can only keep a few birds, I think you would want good layers. The Barred Hollands I have are very good layers, and nice calm birds. Can not say enough good things about them. My 3 older ones, I always get 2 and lots of the time 3 eggs per day from them right now. Here is one, she looks like a Barred Rock, but lays a white egg and is smaller and eats less!

I’m surprised these are not super popular for backyard chickens. Many white egg layers are very nervous and flighty in temperament. Very few are calm and friendly. But this breed sound wonderful!

 

[Parront]

I’m surprised these are not super popular for backyard chickens. Many white egg layers are very nervous and flighty in temperament. But this breed sound wonderful!

I like them. They are calm and friendly like a Rock. They started laying early. The boys were eaten, taste like chicken! The eggs are a little smaller than the Brown Leghorns lay, but just as white. They hatched end of May, and were laying before Christmas. Even the rooster is easy going. The 2 largest white eggs are Brown Leghorn, the other white eggs are Barred Hollands. The light tinted eggs are from another line, the white eggs are from birds I got from @rjohns39 -- he shipped me chicks. They deserve to be raised by more people!

 

[Parront]

New to the chicken forum...what Mediterranean breeds exactly are you recommending?

By the way, Welcome to BYC!

 

[Parront]

White leghorns hands down!

White Leghorns are great egg layers, but some find them to be a little nervous & flighty. Nothing can out lay them!