Need To Know The Best Layers

Lacey1988

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Apr 7, 2011
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My grandma and I decided to make an all different kind of breed flock and so far Ive gotten these
RIR
SLW
BO
LH
and a Dark Cornish
So besides them what are some good laying breeds I can add to my flock
 
Your RIR you bought will be good layers. I don't think, outside of a hybrid, you are likely to improve on them Barred Rocks are steady, as are EE and BA.

But, if you want a steady supply for customers? Brown egg? You simply cannot beat a Red Sex Link, with the ISA Brown leading the pack.
One of the commercial strains of Leghorn will produce a white egg virtually every day.
 
Fred's Hens :

Your RIR you bought will be good layers. I don't think, outside of a hybrid, you are likely to improve on them Barred Rocks are steady, as are EE and BA.

But, if you want a steady supply for customers? Brown egg? You simply cannot beat a Red Sex Link, with the ISA Brown leading the pack.
One of the commercial strains of Leghorn will produce a white egg virtually every day.

x2 - Although I would not consider EE's a steady layer. They vary depending on what hatchery you get them from.​
 
Any sex link or production hybrid hen will be an egg-laying machine. That is what they are bred for. I have 5 production reds and they each lay an egg a day.
If you want "purebreds" or hens that will have chicks that will be as productive as their mommas, I would suggest leghorns or RIRs.
 

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