My mother always raised white chickens that laid white eggs. They were not people-friendly and were quite flighty. I never liked chickens all that well, growing up. When the uncertainty of the pandemic hit, eggs were the one thing we were lacking and I decided I needed to get some chickens. After a good deal of research, my first laying hens were Black Stars AKA Black Sexlinks. I love these chickens. They are docile. They are beautiful. They lay huge brown eggs and LOTS of them. I believe they are a cross between a Rhode Island Red and a Barred Rock. The females are always iridescent black with many of them having some rust-colored feathers around their neck or just on the front of their neck, and on their breast. Occasionally, one is all black. I think the males are red and white. I would highly recommend them to anyone. They seem to tolerate both heat and cold, although, like all chickens, their production greatly dropped when it was ten degrees and below for an entire week. I really thought Black Stars would be listed in this article and was a bit surprised that they were not. I did see that another reader also mentioned this breed.
My mother always raised white chickens that laid white eggs. They were not people-friendly and were quite flighty. I never liked chickens all that well, growing up. When the uncertainty of the pandemic hit, eggs were the one thing we were lacking and I decided I needed to get some chickens. After a good deal of research, my first laying hens were Black Stars AKA Black Sexlinks. I love these chickens. They are docile. They are beautiful. They lay huge brown eggs and LOTS of them. I believe they are a cross between a Rhode Island Red and a Barred Rock. The females are always iridescent black with many of them having some rust-colored feathers around their neck or just on the front of their neck, and on their breast. Occasionally, one is all black. I think the males are red and white. I would highly recommend them to anyone. They seem to tolerate both heat and cold, although, like all chickens, their production greatly dropped when it was ten degrees and below for an entire week. I really thought Black Stars would be listed in this article and was a bit surprised that they were not. I did see that another reader also mentioned this breed.