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Looking to get me between 4-6 laying hens. Any breeds ya'll recommend? I plan on keeping them in a coop.

I always had the most luck with Rhode Island Reds!! They seem to lay more eggs and more consistantly!!!!

"Country Bumpkin"

Ive had best luck with austrolph (sp) or black sex links which is a cross between a RI red and barred rock which can be sexed at birth. Pure barred rocks are nice too very hearty, docile and not aggressive good for families with kids.

Red star as well

We have quite a few. The Rhode Island Reds seem to have great production rates, but they're dumber than a box of rocks, lmao.

sounds like those bird brains in Washington dc making tyrantual laws for us to follow

I have new hampshire reds ( ordered on line from Ideal poultry) Prduction reds are good layers also. Crossed production reds with a half game rooster, made exclient free range hens.

where can a person get those crossed out birds, online, even this late in the season?

I have the production reds from ideal poultry too. They lay pretty good

We had red stars those were some good birds

Expecting some Red Stars pullets, Black Stars pullets and 2 Sumatra stags tomorrow from Murry MCmurry hatchery.

We had black star too I think their same bird different color

  I have been around chickens all my born days tried a lot of breeds and out of them all I liked the rhoad island reds , that is until ideal started pushing the production reds . they lay a good large brown egg and are easy on the eyes while out scratching in the yard  . if you due order from a producer you have the option of having the beaks burnt back to avoid picking feathers .  I much prefer a FULL BEAK  on my birds and deal with a little feather picking on my own with the burnt beaks they can hardly pick up a kernel of corn off the ground  . and preening and grooming themselves is made difficult during the molt .

Here's a good source for anyone wanting to order from a catalog....

http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/day_old_baby_chickens.html

Our aracaunas are great egg layers too if you like the lil green eggs :)

Ive got a few rhode island reds, and had a few barred rocks.  Both good layers and since i got them as pullets they were/are docile enough my youngin can pick them up. Ive been lookin to get a few more, and i been looking at the red star/isa hens.

Thanks for all the responses, i think I'm going to go with a mixture of Red/Black Stars and Australorps.  We'll see how this experiment works out!

I was at the feed store in Thibodaux (Faith Feed on La.1)  last week and he had a cage full of sex link chicks.
Red Stars, Production Reds, Sex Links is all the same bird just different names. They are great egg producers. I have 4 black sex link hens and pick up 8 eggs every other day.