Raising Chickens for Eggs?

 

Chickens are chickens right?  Sure, but if you want to raise chickens, choosing the right chicken for you depends on what you want them for.  First you must ask yourself; what do you want them for.  Do you want to supply your family with fresh nutritional eggs?

Most people who raise chickens do want them for their egg laying abilities.  Doing a little research to find the best egg layers will tell you that the best egg layers are hybrids.

The following is a list of the best egg layers:

Hy-line Brown
Golden Comet
California White
Cherry Egger
Indian River
Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island Reds
Rhode Island Whites
Leghorns
Golden Comet
White-facd Black Spanish
Australorps

The following list of chickens lay extra-large eggs:

Rhode Island Reds
Hy-line Browns,
Cinnamon Queens
Golden Comets
Brown Sex Links
ISA Browns
Jersey Giants
Australorps
Plymouth Rocks
Orpingtons


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