Whats the best breed of chickens?

[Chickie'sMoma]

brahmas are friendly and lay some nice eggs. they get a good size on them too. i've heard upwards of about 10lbs.

i like salmon faverolles for the meat part, nice creamy colored medium sized eggs-about 1 every other day from a hen, friendly temperament on most of the birds. i had 4 cockerels processed that were about 5 months old and seemed to put on a good amount of weight, they were very skittish and became aggressive but i have had others that were wonderful and no problems.

 

[PioneerPrincess]

Partridge Rocks, Barred Rocks, and White Rocks are very pretty. They are also a good dual-purpose breed. RIR's are also good layers and pretty.

 

[Pathfinders]

I've said it before, I'll say it again. My favorite large fowl breed is the Buckeye, (and they also come in bantam.)

They are a nice dual purpose bird. They lay a good amount of medium sized brown eggs. They forage very well (even hunt mice!), get along with each other and humans (not flighty, almost too friendly, underfoot a lot!), and the extra males, with their wide breasts, dress out nicely.

They are the only breed of American chicken created by a woman (yay!), and the only American breed with a pea comb, which means no frostbite in winter (unless you live in Saskatoon or someplace like that.) They tolerate heat and cold well, some will go broody (if you prefer them to raise their own babies) but are not excessively so, and are just an all around perfect farm chicken, IMO.

I have some pics of Buckeyes on my website:

http://www.pathfindersfarm.com/Buckeyes.html

I like Buckeyes so much that I started a fully fledged breed club for them, the American Buckeye Poultry Club:

http://www.americanbuckeyepoultryclub.com

And you can see a great website devoted to the breed by a member of the ABPC here:

http://www.buckeyechickens.com

Let me know if I can answer any more questions about them.