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I am new to raising CCLs, have 2 Hens and 1 roo. One of my hens lays a white egg...I got a hold of the breeder, she is sure they are pure. I think she may not be. Both hens look beautiful, do not look like mixed, but eggs don't lie...do they??? I have heard if you mix a blue egg layer with a...

No sorry, by birds are BIG and BEAUTIFUL...(not bragging of course.)

Welcome Niamh. I am just south east of Mason City, not far from Hoover's! I have always been happy with chicks I have ordered from Hoover's. I have 5 RIR hens from last year, that lay up a storm! I am also getting 50 broilers from them in a couple wks. One comment....GO TO WAVERLY SWAP! It is...

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I am in search of a WHITE BRESSE breeder in IA. I currently have 2 roos that I hatched from shipped eggs last summer - HUGE birds! I have a hen a bought the year before, but unfortunately she has never laid an egg! I would love to find a hen, these are beautiful birds.

SoulCircusInc - you are a very DISHONEST person! If you enter in an agreement to sell or swap eggs, you need to send them. One bad apple spoils it for a bunch, but we weed out the rotten ones and go on. You are ROTTEN and I will warn all about buying or trading with you. I have given you 1 year...

SoulCircusInc also problematic. June 7 will be 1 year since I accepted her eggs in a swap and also did a side swap. She got me for 2 sets of eggs. Has sent me multiple messages promising me she is sending them! I too have saved all messages. It is really sad, that their has to be a few bad...

Great info, this site never ceases to amaze me! All the kind individuals on here that are happy to share there knowledge, I have learned so much and continue to learn all the time...thanks friends.

Thank you so much for the reply, never hatched these little guys, and I was pretty surprised.

I have my first Bresse chicks hatching..1st one hatched last night!! Hopefully the rest will hatch today - Day 21! Woot, nice big healthy looking chick, legs/feet look pink to me. Shouldn't they look blue from the start? Is this some type of a genetic thro back or defect? Got my eggs from a...

Mine on Walmart gift card offer 6+ Pure Lavender Americauna 6+ Blue Lace Red Wyandote or 6+ hens choice both of above breeds and Marraduna Basque, Lavender Orp

Mine Offer 6+ Lavender Americauna or 6+ Blue Lace Red Wyandotte or some of each

This member does not make good on swaps.....DO NOT TRADE!!!

Pics would help, I will get some pics of them later today and post on here. Hopefully looking at the head shape will help. And big suprise this morning, had a late bloomer - hatched a roo! Yippee.

OK "cream legbar" peeps, I hatched blue lace red Wyandotte and cream legbar chicks. I only had 2 legbars out of 14 ebay eggs hatch. 1 was not totally hatched, so I know that one. Both hatchlings are chipmunk striped (girls) yeah! Problem is I have 3 Wyandotte chicks and 1 Cream legbar ...... I...