wats a good brown egg layn breed of chicken besides golden comets?

[Mogli]

hello everyone idk if this is a good catagory to post this on or not couldnt find the rite 1 to post it under but if anybody out there could give me any tips on 1 of the best brown egg layn breeds of chickens out there id really aprciate it ive had golden comet hens for 2 flocks now since ive been doing chickens for a hobby but now i wanna try a diffrent breed that lays lots of brown eggs could any body give me some good names of breeds please thank u

 

[Fred's Hens]

Production Reds, Australorps, Barred Rocks, etc. Most hatchery stock is bred for high production. The hatcheries only make money if their parent stock is cranking out eggs to hatch. Thus, most traditional breeds have been really pushed into the production category of more than 250 eggs per year. Heritage birds typically lay around 220-240 eggs per year. But, they generally do so over a longer life span. So.........

 

[randishinney]

I have had 3 Black australorps and 1 Red Speckled Sussex for just over a year and I normally get from 2 to 4 eggs per day. They did stop laying all together in the winter, but they have been great the rest of the year! They have very nice brown eggs that are pretty large in size. They have nice temperaments.

 

[En Plein Air Farms]

we had 10 red sex-links and when they were gone we had 10 black sex-links and they were brown egg laying machines. I never got less than 8 eggs a day. None ever went broody either.
One thing we did then that we don't do now as we don't need very many eggs, was leave a light on all night in the coop, year around.

They laid steadily for 2 years, and spent their 3rd year grazing They aren't a long lived chicken, I expect that kind of production puts a huge drain on all their resources.

I have a mixed bunch this year and I don't care if they lay eggs or not, their entertainment value is so high.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Nothing is going to lay brown eggs like a well bred sex-link, but if economic efficiency isn't your foremost concern then any of the traditional dual-purpose breeds that were once of economic importance should do right by you. Rhode Island Reds, New Hampshires, Barred Rocks (my favorites), Delawares, and White Rocks.

They should lay in the 200-225 eggs per bird range in their pullet year. Decorah Hatchery in Iowa says their Barred Rocks will do 250, but I haven't ordered any to find out myself.

FWIW, I have never found a commercial sex-link to "burn out" as in stop laying. They'll take a break a year after they begin laying as any chicken will to molt, but then they'll get back to it. Not as many as their pullet year but what they do lay will be larger. Just as any other chicken will. I have five year old sex-links who are still laying.

 

[Mogli]

do australorps go broody easily or not really go broody at all ? do they lay alotta brown eggs? are they docile to were u can catch them or hold them & petem?

 

[MonsterClucker]

I have two 4 year old Golden sex-link and they lay pretty much everyday from what I heard. Even older ones. I just got mine 3 days 2 nights ago and they've layed 2 eggs each for 2 days already. I'm excited to see how far these old girls are gonna go.

 

[dretd]

Yes:
I think my best layer is my Barred Rock, Definite keeper.
My EE is second with jumbo eggs every other day--since she's an EE she didn't get the blue gene but I love her personality so I don't care.
I also really like Welsummers. They are good foragers and lay a large to extra large dark speckled brown egg every other day. Folks love the color.
My Brahmas surprise me with their productivity and I like their personalities too, but they are really big so they may eat more than you can get for the eggs if you are in to selling eggs.
You could switch it up and go for black sex links instead of red sex links, also great layers.

Yes with reservation:
I have friends with Orpingtons they like quite a bit but they are prone to going broody so there are chunks of time when you don't get any eggs from them.

Pass:
I have Speckled Sussex, but their eggs are medium, not as prolific. I won't replace them after they stop laying.
My Faverolles eggs are also on the med side, not as prolific but very sweet bird. I may replace her just because she's such a sweetie.

Those are the ones I can speak to personally, but I know tere are lots of other breeds out there too.

 

[CayleeMarie03]

Isa Browns,and Production Reds are very good egglayers

 

[Mogli]

wow thats alotta diffrent good sounding breeds for lots of eggs so by the sounds of it do austrlorps go broody easily? cuz they look like a nice docile queit breed of chicken