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Thank you for the excellent information. Summers here can be extremely hot and humid, with winters being generally mild with lows of maybe 15-20 degrees. I was thinking the Rainbow Eggers might may not lay well in the winter and the Barred Rocks would be more consistent. Any thoughts on this?They all look like the Czech breeds--the hatchery site showed calico princess, midnight majesty maran, sapphire gem and one other. I have the midnight majesty now but they're young. I had the sapphire gem and they started to lay right at 18 weeks. All these birds should be as quiet as you could hope for in terms of egg song (the sapphire were) and as non-flighty as you can get and still tolerate the heat of summer. They were bred for harsh conditions such as south africa etc. and as extreme as the Ukraine. Best of luck!