This should help you with your breeds selection:
http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html
If you look across the chart you'll see pics of eggs. Large pile of eggs means good layers, small pile not so good. Keep in mind though there are no absolutes.
The chart shows brahmas as being decent layers, yet I average 11 eggs daily out of 14 hens.
http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html
If you look across the chart you'll see pics of eggs. Large pile of eggs means good layers, small pile not so good. Keep in mind though there are no absolutes.
The chart shows brahmas as being decent layers, yet I average 11 eggs daily out of 14 hens.
