We decided to try a Rhode island red & Rhode island white cross breed of chicken ( they are also known as Gold Sexlinks). This is the kind that the farm where we buy our feed has. They have had the best of consistent production with this breed. They do well in the cold and the heat, they tend not to brood on the eggs (this is where the chickens want to sit on the eggs and hatch them, whether they are fertile or not) and they lay more eggs then the other breeds!We keep all the chickens in for two days so the new ones would know where to roust and get food & water. Since they were the new kids on the block, the other chickens harassed them, at some point the pecking order will be reestablished.
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