well i would recommend Red Stars and Buff Orpingtons personally, because 1. they are both brown egg layers, and they lay all through cold/warm, laying medium-X large eggs, and 2. they are VERY friendly, beautiful, and get along pretty well if they are raised together. If not, then that may cause some pecking and arguments, but not really anything serious. We have both these breeds and they did get along well, except for when we decided to separate them, then they turned mean to each other. But Red Stars are egg laying machines, let me say that! LOL and so are RIR's, but they are usually pushy, bossy, and mean. Buff Opringtons are great layers too, and are known as really pretty and HUGE birds. But those two breeds are awesome for laying, temperament, appearence, and they do pretty well in small spaces. Not good brooders usually(Red Stars and sometimes buff orps)
Oh and they go very good with RIR breed(like a rooster) and not so much with other breeds. Not sure why. But our red star girls peck our cochin rooster but are perfectly fie with the RIR rooster.
P.S. Red stars are also known as cinnamon queens, red sex-links(and there is also black sex-links, which are great too) or golden comets. Lots of different names for this breed. And you can tell the gender by their color!
(Male=light, white colored as a chick. Female= tan colored or light brown)
I hope this helps!!!!!
