Smaller breed that lays large eggs

[LisaVMN13]

Good morning all.
I am a newbie getting ready to start a small layer flock. I read somewhere (and can't find it now) that there are some breeds that are smaller and lay large eggs.
They said this made really good feed to product ratio. I have no idea which chickens they referred to but my husband would really like to know
We were originally looking at Australorps and EE. Any advice or suggestions are appreciated, thank you.

 

[Love my chickens 25]

Silkie

 

[LisaVMN13]

I hear Silkies are super sweet, too.

 

[Wezdin]

I would go for leghorn if you want small birds and lots of eggs.
Not sure where in the world you are located but if it is moderately warm all year you could also look into naked necks, their lack of feathers lets them eat less food.

 

[Love my chickens 25]

More silkie eggs

 

[ChicKat]

Sex-links, such as Golden Comet, Red Sex-link and the others are average to smaller sized birds and produce eggs like crazy. I have two here that are five-pounds or less and they NEVER fail to give me a large or extra large brown egg. They are also docile and "easy keepers" as the old timers said.
You might google either 'thrifty chicken' or 'chicken easy keepers' to get some more insights.
Congrats on starting your flock.

ETA - you could also google with a more scientific approach to find 'chickens with the best feed conversion ratio egg laying'.

ETA2 - Lookie here a thread on the subject from BYC circa 2013
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/feed-conversion-to-egg-output-ratio-best-breeds.821032/

 

[Percheron chick]

Leghorn. They have one of the best feed to egg conversion rates as well.
EEs are going to depend upon the parent stock. If the hen was a great layer then her pullets tend to be as well.
Australorps are great layers of large brown eggs but they are on the larger size.

 

[AltonaAcres]

Surprisingly my tiny Sebright hen laid eggs almost as big as the leghorn did in my avatar. Hard to tell who laid which egg!!

 

[LisaVMN13]

I would go for leghorn if you want small birds and lots of eggs.
Not sure where in the world you are located but if it is moderately warm all year you could also look into naked necks, their lack of feathers lets them eat less food.

I am in central Virginia, thank you for the input... have to admit every time I see "Leghorn" I think of Foghorn Leghorn lol

 

[LisaVMN13]

Sex-links, such as Golden Comet, Red Sex-link and the others are average to smaller sized birds and produce eggs like crazy. I have two here that are five-pounds or less and they NEVER fail to give me a large or extra large brown egg. They are also docile and "easy keepers" as the old timers said.
You might google either 'thrifty chicken' or 'chicken easy keepers' to get some more insights.
Congrats on starting your flock.

ETA - you could also google with a more scientific approach to find 'chickens with the best feed conversion ratio egg laying'.

This is awesome advice, thank you so much!