Starter flock

[sherrydeanne]

I want everything

Well, at least I admit it, right? I want a pretty egg basket and need docile birds that will lay large eggs in prolific enough numbers to make themselves useful.

I live in Mass and they will be in an insulated, unheated coop with no extra lighting. I'm thinking:

1 black marans
1 welsummer
1 buff orp
1 EE

My main concern is that I won't get enough eggs come winter -- what's your experience esp with the dark eggers? I'm thinking the EE may take the winter off, hoping for 5 from the BO and at least 3/4 from the dark eggers, is this a reasonable guess?

 

[Malibufarmer]

In the winter you might want to put a heat lamp inside the coop when it gets cold. In the winter you probly wont get that many eggs but if i were you i would get more.javascript:insert_text('

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[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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