i am looking to buy 20-40 chicks this spring and i am trying to find what is the best breed for me. Right now i have 13 mongrel laying hens and a cock that is also a mongrel. I live in North Dakota where it can get very cold (down to minus 63F) but i have a heated and insulated coop. I let all of my Chickens free range.
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You should look at the breeds and see which ones match closest to what you want them for. If it’s for eggs some of the more reliable layers I have are Rhode Island Reds, Bard Rocks, Black Austrolope, Wyandotte and Ameraucana. For shell color I also added Marans and Welsummers. But when you come right down to it, the mongrels are usually better at both foraging and laying, they also tend to be healthier.
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