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<blockquote data-quote="Chicken Girl1" data-source="post: 18147062" data-attributes="member: 331760"><p><strong>- Which breeds are best if you're after getting lots of eggs?</strong></p><p>The best breeds for egg laying would have to be Sex-links, Production Reds, Leghorns, and hatchery hybrids. I would say that RIRs, Australorps, Orpingtons, and Plymouth Rocks are good layers as well but are dual purpose breeds. The difference is the Sex-links and hybrids will lay a lot in the first 2 years but then go down hill from there, dual purpose breeds don't lay as much in a year but keep a steady production up for more years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>- Which breeds make good dual purpose birds (Fair egg layers that can also be processed for the table)?</strong></p><p>Rhode Island Reds, Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Australorps, and Plymouth Rocks.</p><p> </p><p><strong>- Which are the best (non-broiler) breeds for the table?</strong></p><p>............................................................................................</p><p> </p><p><strong>- Which breeds are great with kids (friendly, personable)?</strong></p><p>Orpingtons, Cochins, Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, and Plymouth Rocks</p><p> </p><p><strong>- Which breeds need specific conditions, for example no climate extremes, or not suitable to keep in certain conditions (free range or confined)?</strong></p><p>I have/had Wyandottes, Orpingtons, Australorps, Plymouth Rocks, Cochins, Rhode Island Reds, Red and Black sex-links, Productions Reds, and Easter Eggers and they have all worked will in my Virginia climate that has all the seasons (different seasons are extreme each year lol).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chicken Girl1, post: 18147062, member: 331760"] [B]- Which breeds are best if you're after getting lots of eggs?[/B] The best breeds for egg laying would have to be Sex-links, Production Reds, Leghorns, and hatchery hybrids. I would say that RIRs, Australorps, Orpingtons, and Plymouth Rocks are good layers as well but are dual purpose breeds. The difference is the Sex-links and hybrids will lay a lot in the first 2 years but then go down hill from there, dual purpose breeds don't lay as much in a year but keep a steady production up for more years. [B]- Which breeds make good dual purpose birds (Fair egg layers that can also be processed for the table)?[/B] Rhode Island Reds, Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Australorps, and Plymouth Rocks. [B]- Which are the best (non-broiler) breeds for the table?[/B] ............................................................................................ [B]- Which breeds are great with kids (friendly, personable)?[/B] Orpingtons, Cochins, Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, and Plymouth Rocks [B]- Which breeds need specific conditions, for example no climate extremes, or not suitable to keep in certain conditions (free range or confined)?[/B] I have/had Wyandottes, Orpingtons, Australorps, Plymouth Rocks, Cochins, Rhode Island Reds, Red and Black sex-links, Productions Reds, and Easter Eggers and they have all worked will in my Virginia climate that has all the seasons (different seasons are extreme each year lol). [/QUOTE]
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