Mix chickens aka barnyard

[Slocala]

Looking at some RIR & red sex link pullets. They also have some americana & golden cochin mixes .

So if RIR are one of the breeds used to make sex link varieties and sex links can't reproduce themselves, how would these egg production hens (sex link) babies be at egg production as adult hens?
I've got my pet hens now, not interested in a rooster or hatching eggs. Ideally, I want to ad something to the mix that produces a good amount of eggs for my family and I enjoy having eggs to give to friends.
The mixes in question are 2-3 months old and $7.00 dollars each...
I can purchase sex link pullets about the same age for $10.00 - $13.00 each.
I like to be thrifty but sometimes being cheap can be costly....
Just not sure which way to go here.
Any and all advice would be great.
Thanks,
Slocala
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[sourland]

The americana (likely EE) and cochin cross pullets will not be as productive as the sex link pullets. I think that 'thrifty' here would be counter productive. Pun intended.