Chicken breed recommendations??

[LuckyCharmsGoats]

So, I'm going to order chickens, probably next spring...or maybe in the summer, but really I don't want to order any birds in the summer; with it being hot and all, but I might. Or I'll just incubate some chicks. I really haven't ordered any specific breeds in a long time and for a while now all the birds on my property have been just crossovers resulting from year one, lol. But anyway, I want to order some nice laying birds...to sell the eggs. So any favorite laying breeds you'd like to recommend? Also any hatcheries you'd like to recommend also, would be helpful, if you have any. Normally, I just oder birds from Cackle Hatchery, though.

I like Easter eggers! they're a good breed and lay colorful eggs, Which some customers may be willing to pay more for. Rhode island reds, And Orpingtons are good layers and are also some good breeds to look into in my opinion.

 

[Sheepfarmer22]

So, I'm going to order chickens, probably next spring...or maybe in the summer, but really I don't want to order any birds in the summer; with it being hot and all, but I might. Or I'll just incubate some chicks. I really haven't ordered any specific breeds in a long time and for a while now all the birds on my property have been just crossovers resulting from year one, lol. But anyway, I want to order some nice laying birds...to sell the eggs. So any favorite laying breeds you'd like to recommend? Also any hatcheries you'd like to recommend also, would be helpful, if you have any. Normally, I just oder birds from Cackle Hatchery, though.

Pear White Leghorns from Murray McMurray Hatchery! They lay over 300 eggs a year.

 

[farmerjan]

If you want strictly layers, Brown eggs..... go with one of the sex link breeds... Black sex links get a little bigger than the red ones.... If you are going for white eggs, any of the leghorn colors. They do not have the body but lay alot for the amount of feed. The brown egg laying different sex links have a good sized body for killing for soup etc.
The sex link crosses also mature faster than pure bred breeds...