I enjoy Buff Orpington’s for brown eggs. They aren’t night screamers or at least not here. My favorite are the South American Araucana. They lay pastel colored blue, green and rose colored eggs. Pre-dyed eggs from the Chicken.
They are very hardy birds too. They roost in trees in their native SA. They are widely available too. They are sometimes mixed with the Americauna which is similar, except the genuine Araucana do not have tail feathers.
Talk about beautiful Roosters, there isn’t a finer looking Rooster than the Araucana with its purples, reds, white and all the colors in between that show up. You do not need a Rooster to have eggs. We keep them because we like having one around. My one Rooster has a harem of 20! He does them all at least once daily...what a life.
The Araucana Roosters are noisy however. The one we have now starts his crowing an hour to an hour and one half before the supplemental lighting comes on at 6:00 AM.
A Black or Red Sex-Link Chicken would be a good choice too. They are quiet, prolific layers of brown & rose colored eggs and are very hardy.
I don’t think you could go wrong with any of those listed. They are easy to find also. They don’t make good meat birds however.
Growing meat chickens is a totally different experience. The most prolific meat bird grown today are the Cornish Cross Hybrids. Usually a cross between a Cornish and Plymouth or Rhode Island Red. They are not very endearing birds, but they sure taste better than commercial raised birds.
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