We got two Golden Comets among our first six chickens. These girls, since they started laying 10 months ago, only miss laying about one day a month. And their eggs are huge – at least jumbo — and crack nicely (not true of some of our others). Plus they are friendly. Our chickens were free ranging while I picked Japanese beetles and they were the ones underfoot waiting for the treats, while the others were off doing their chickeny thing.
Cons: Prone to lay outside nest box (dropped from roost or in run)
Strong membrane makes cracking eggs messy
Not particularly friendly (esp. compared to Golden Comet)
Two of our six chickens - our first batch, now reduced to five by a sudden death - are silver-laced Wyandottes. I much prefer our Golden Comets and our Olive Egger. The Wyandottes are “OK” but I only use their eggs when I don’t care about unbroken yolks as they’re likely to break getting the egg out of the shell. I’m also getting tired of checking the run to make sure I didn’t miss an egg there. When we replenish our flock we’ll be getting something else.
