Best Egg laying Chicken

[The Duck Dad]

So, i was thinking about getting chickens in the spring, and was wondering what are like the top three best chicken breeds for egg laying and cold-hardiness.
And also, what would be a good rooster breed?

Please share your opinions!! Thanks!!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If you're looking for the most eggs in the first 2 years, it will be any of the traditional hybrids.

Reliable eggs over a few years, look at heritage layer birds (mediteranian breeds, bantams, nothing dual purpose or meat based)

 

[JustBabyMargo]

My best layer is a Rhode Island Red hen. She lays every single day, and she hasn’t even taken a break this winter. She is a year and a half old, so she is still fairly young, but she is my best layer.

Can’t help with roosters. The only sweet roosters I have are mixes.

 

[STACEYH]

Heritage Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Barred Rock and/or buckeye

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Do you want productivity as in lots of eggs in a short period of time, or productively as in both lots of eggs and longevity?

 

[The Duck Dad]

Do you want productivity as in lots of eggs in a short period of time, or productively as in both lots of eggs and longevity?

something with the most eggs per year.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

something with the most eggs per year.

That changes as a bird goes on. A hybrid will likely outlay everyone else in a landslide for the first 2 or 3 years. Then they'll fall behind as the years go on

 

[gimmie birdies]

I don't have any currently, but my best layer was a Blue Isbar, size and number of eggs.

 

[Windrider]

I'll repost my response to a similar question not too long ago:

You've got choices:

1. Go with Production breeds (Leghorn, Production Red, etc) or Hybrids (any of the red or black sexlinks). You will get a great many eggs for a year or maybe two, but will need to renew the flock whole or partially after then to keep egg production up.

2. Go with "Heritage" or non-production layer breeds (barred rock, etc). You'll get less eggs yearly from the same number of chickens as above, but they will lay reasonably well for a great many more years.

3. Go with a mix of both.

Many people who want a consistent good number of eggs regularly rotate in new chickens every season and cull the oldest ones, so they always have a mix of of ages at their most productive.