What breed is the best year round brown egg layer?

[kychic]

What breed is the best year round brown egg layer?

 

[patman75]

Isa brown, golden comets, red sexlinks they are the same. They are the brown egg laying champ.

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

Black Austrolorp holds the record..... 364 eggs in 365 days.

 

[StevenW.]

black and red sex links. The black sexlinks have layed an egg almost everyday

 

[woodmort]

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Add Black Star sex link and I'd agree. Hot/cold, wet/dry makes no difference.

 

[kychic]

Thanks guys!!

 

[dawg53]

My black sex link (Black Star) is almost 6 years old and she takes a 2 day break every 2 weeks. She even lays eggs during molt, only taking 4-5 days off. Edited: You're right woodmort, weather doesnt make a difference.

 

[kychic]

Wow!! Now I want some sex links!!!!

 

[dirtsaver]

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I understand all these are good layers but they are not true breeds but are hybred chickens. They were developed as "production layers". If I understand correctly these type chickens produce like mad for a year and are pretty well burned out after that. If you want to raise your own chicks these will not reproduce true to the parents. I am a firm believer that for the backyard or mini-farm small flock grower there are no better brown egg layers than the Black Australorp and the Buff Orpington. They are good year-round layers and very laid-back chickens. When raised from day-old chicks they become tame and great natured pets. We do have other breeds (silver-laced Wyandotte and Welsummers) but if we had to start over it would be Australorp and Orpington and forget the rest.

I guess it all depends on what you want in a flock. Factory-line production machine birds or a flock of layers that give you a lot of pleasure and companionship while producing you plenty of good food for several years.


I know many here will disagree. That's ok...I've go my "flame-proof" skivies on.

Larry

 

[rockinpaints]

Black Austrolorp for sure. I don't have them now but I used to raise them and they are great for production