In the spring, when the feed stores carry chicks, you might want to go buy sex links. I have black sex links and red ones. They lay large brown eggs and they lay a LOT! Sex links are the result of crossing 2 different colored chickens so that at hatching, the females are one color and the males are another color. When you buy sex links, you know you will be raising pullets, not roos that you have to get rid of. I can't have roosters either because I want to stay on friendly terms with neighbors. I live on a small lot in town.
From Ideal Poultry's web site:
Red Sex Links are a breed cross using Rhode Island Red males and Delaware females. The females are primarily red while the males are primarily white; therefore, the sexes can be separated immediately following hatching. This layer is used in many commercial layer operations. They have excellent livability, and are very efficient producers of large brown eggs. Mature hens will weigh about 5 1/2 lbs. and can be salvaged for fowl meat when their use for laying is over.
Mature males will weigh approximately 8 lbs.
