Vote for the best brown layer!!!

[Thomas Lamprogiorgos]

Please, vote for the most balanced, profitable and sustainable layer of brown eggs for a homestead.

 

[Chickassan]

None of those. Dominiques are the best iv'e found. Steady eggs and they don't eat as much. If you let them forage they're even better on feed.

 

[PirateGirl]

My best brown egg layer is my Bielefelder

 

[OkieChickenGal]

Red Sexlinks are great brown egg-layers laying up to 300 eggs anually.

 

[Thomas Lamprogiorgos]

Red Sexlinks are great brown egg-layers laying up to 300 eggs annually.

A) They are not a breed.
B) They are usually sold debeaked.
C) They are designed to need high-density feed.
D) Their tendency to lay huge eggs makes their small bodies burn out fast.

I adore RSL from hy-line and from dominant CZ, but they are hybrids, not breeds, they can't be compared to a heritage breed because they live indoors for more than 80 years and they lost much of the information needed to adapt outsides.

 

[Thomas Lamprogiorgos]

None of those. Dominiques are the best iv'e found. Steady eggs and they don't eat as much. If you let them forage they're even better on feed.

I don't believe that dominiques can come close to RIR.
But, they are better than many options I put.
I will try to add them as an option.

 

[Thomas Lamprogiorgos]

My best brown egg layer is my Bielefelder

They are by far better than many choices I provided, but not even close to RIR.

 

[OkieChickenGal]

Out of all the ones you have on your poll I have to say RIR's are the best.

 

[Thomas Lamprogiorgos]

Out of all the ones you have on your poll I have to say RIR's are the best.

By far...
They are chosen by the 90% of the geneticists of the big companies to be the paternal stock of the red sex links and the black sex links.
Together with improved white rocks.

 

[Chickassan]

Yes they can. And you've got to factor in less losses due to infighting and predation. Doms are much, much better at avoiding being eaten. No winter break, and the ones here laid through molt.

I don't believe that dominiques can come close to RIR.
But, they are better than many options I put.
I will try to add them as an option.