I hate to say it, but the hybrids have it!

[vstoltzfus]

I got my hens for eggs, so I must say I love my RSL's. Even with the shorter days I am still consistently getting 11 eggs a day from my 11 hens. That's enough to feed my family and to sell to pay for their feed. RSL's are friendly and easy to care for. If I had more money, and didn't count on the eggs to feed my family, I would love to have some heritage breeds, but that's not going to happen any time soon.

 

[kassy68]

agreed,,, my isa browns started laying at 18.5 weeks.. and have done great .. the black sex links followed behind them.. not the silverlaced and all the other prettier breeds are starting..

the hybrids arent as pretty.. But hands down.. my isa browns have the best temperament too.. calm, quiet and friendly birds.

 

[TcherDawn]

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I have 5 Hy-line that lay 5 eggs a day. They are so very sweet and friendly. The only reason I got them is because I didn't feel, being brand new to chickens, that I could raise baby chicks.(I read so much about baby chicks it overwhelmed me) And Hy-lines are the only "started pullet" that our local farm store offers. The farm store sung their virtues of being friendly, healthy, and excellent layers of large brown eggs, and they are all that. Now I am worried that they will "burn out" quickly, and we have gotten so attached to them. That is my only concern at the moment. I love my Hy-Lines.

 

[Chickn chick 46]

RSL's all the way!

My three started within a week of each other and haven't missed a day

 

[golden comets]

I have golden comets(red sex links) and black sex links,they are great layers,also have EE`S they are still young(six months) but I am dissapointed in the size of there eggs,for such a big chicken there eggs are small.Hopfully as they get older the eggs will get bigger.

 

[Mahonri]

Here are the results of some of my hens for the last 36 Days

Black Star - 35 eggs
CA White Leghorn - 24
Partridge EE - 20
Cinnamon Queen - 24
Barred Rock - 19
Speckled Sussex - 17
Birchen EE - 18
Pearl White LH - 24

My black star is an egg laying machine.

 

[Bridget399]

I am getting 6 eggs a day from my 6 RSLs for atleast a month straight now... My RIRs are hit or miss!

 

[RAREROO]

Can some of you post pics of your Red Sexlinks, Gold Sex links, or Golden Comets ? I know that they are basily the same cross and just go by different names, but I want some that are red with a lot of white in the tails and hackles, if you have pics please tell me where you got them from and what the hatchery called them. I am going to try to breed my own with my RIW pullets with a Buff Orp or RIR roo.

 

[catdaddyfro]

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I don't have pics of mine yet but if you look at the GSLs that Ideal offer(its an animated color pic. and shows them buff/ white) that's the color my last GSLs were. The ones I have now are from the feed store but I think they got them from Privett and they are red and white some with more or less white than the others.

Anyway what I was trying to get at. I think if you use the RIWhites as the females they will be more buff than the ones where they use the White Rocks for the hens, they are more reddish (like the New Hampshire/production red roos) with white. The other two popular crosses( this is what I call Red sex-links) are the Big red roosXDelaware and /or Silver-laced wyandottes also columbian patterned (Rocks, Wyandottes, Lt. Sussex) hens, they are commonly called Cinnamon Queens and some call them Cherry Eggers (theres more names for them that, just the same for GSLs) anyway these popular crosses look more like the Red roos do with no white on them, sorta lighter red and faint blackening in their tails. Sorta hard to tell them from New Hampshires. I think that there's a new one out now Ive heard Golden buffs I havn't got the colors on them yet but I'm sure its probly a GSL color.

Check out feathersite under sex-links.

catdaddy

 

[dlfridie]

My pet Golden Comets lay an egg a day. Sometimes one of the girls lays 2 eggs a day!
They have even laid a few extra jumbo eggs and double yolkers.
Mine are large, big eaters, aggressive, and vicious to other birds.
They do not accept other birds in kennel.
This is even after I tried all the tricks mentioned on BYC.
I now have to build a coop to put my docile Green Egger and Serama in to keep them away from the Comets.

If you are going to get different breeds/sizes it may be best to start them all out together.
Pics of my Comets are on my page.