15 breeds
Best egg-laying chicken breeds
If you're in it for a full carton every week, production is the number that matters. These are the workhorse layers — the breeds that quietly fill nest boxes March through November and keep going.
1Golden Comet🌱250–320 eggs/yr · brown eggsUnited States2ISA Brown🌱280–320 eggs/yr · brown eggsFrance3White Leghorn🌱260–320 eggs/yr · white eggsItaly4Black Sex Link🌱250–300 eggs/yr · brown eggsUnited States5Rhode Island Red🌱200–300 eggs/yr · brown eggsUnited States6Ancona220–280 eggs/yr · white eggsItaly7Australorp🌱200–280 eggs/yr · brown eggsAustralia8Barred Plymouth Rock🌱200–280 eggs/yr · brown eggsUnited States9Buff Orpington🌱180–280 eggs/yr · brown eggsEngland10Delaware🌱200–280 eggs/yr · brown eggsUnited States11Easter Egger🌱200–280 eggs/yr · blue, green, or olive eggsUnited States12Dominique🌱180–260 eggs/yr · brown eggsUnited States13Ameraucana🌱180–250 eggs/yr · blue eggsUnited States14Rhode Island White🌱200–250 eggs/yr · brown eggsUnited States15Sussex🌱200–250 eggs/yr · light brown eggsEngland
How this list is built: Listed are breeds that lay roughly 250+ eggs a year at their peak (or a steady 220+ across the board), ranked by top annual output. It updates automatically as we add breeds — no hand-picking.
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