Hi Hive account@britchesbrambles
congrats on moving to your new place! This is our last and final move now that my husband will be retiring from the Army in less than 2 years. Very excited to finally be in our forever home! As for the chickens, we have two breeds at the moment. We started out with the Mottled English Orpingtons. They are a large dual purpose breed. we like them as they are very docile and make great pets. Down side is they take FOREVER to start laying. We purchased a breeding trio in August 2017 and we just started getting eggs from them in November. The other smaller black birds are just your run of the mill black sex-link. they are a little noisier than the Orpingtons but are great layers. We have 6 of them and get about 4 eggs a day from them. I get a random Orpington egg every other day - If I did not like them so much they would probably have been put in the pot already.
Happy Homesteading!!