Time to add to the flock!

[klynn4]

We recently lost some of our free-ranging girls to hawks and I am now looking into getting some chicks sooner than we had originally thought. We have 2 roosters and the current hen to rooster ratio is way, way off.

I am curious what are some good breeds to get with a Rhode Island Red & Black Copper Maran roosters?

We are not looking to hatch babies with them just yet but it's a possibility in the future. But since this is only our 2nd year into owning chickens, I don't want to get too small of a chicken (my Maran is a pretty big boy) and also if we decide to hatch chicks later on, which breeds are good to cross with the RIR and Black Copper Maran?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Since you aren't going to be breeding/hatching pure breeds, I don't think it even matters what breeds go with those roosters as long as they are large fowl.
Check some breed charts and find birds suitable for your climate, personality, desired egg size, color, production rate, etc..
Since you have losses to hawks, I recommend less docile/calm and more wary breeds and perhaps even replacing the roosters with more alert protective breeds.
eight or more years ago I lost birds to hawks. Sometimes just once in a great while and sometimes more often.
Since I've had a Black Penedesenca rooster running with each free range and penned flock, I haven't lost a bird to a hawk. Sometimes the hawks try but they have mostly given up.
Any of the larger Mediterranean breeds may work as well.
People like friendly, docile breeds. That spells predator vulnerability to me.

Here are some excellent breed charts for you.
http://www.albc-usa.org/documents/chickenbreedcomparison.pdf

http://www.sagehenfarmlodi.com/chooks/chooks.html

 

[pennyJo1960]

Maybe pickup a few Easter Eggers adding color to your egg basket
glad you joined here

 

[RodNTN]

I have problems with all sorts of predators (coyotes, foxes, bobcats; skunks, opossums; feral dogs, hawks, owls; raccoons, etc.) The breeds that are best at avoiding attacks are my White Leghorns, Easter Eggers, Black Australorps, etc.

Smaller bodied chickens are your best bet. My White Leghorns have escaped from many predators, including a coyote.