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    Hello from Maine! Excited to learn!

    Ah yes, the chicken concentration camps-- one of my biggest reasons for wanting to get some hens, so I will no longer have to support places like that! (Although I do try to get my eggs from farmer's markets in the summer time!) So after a lot of reading I think I've narrowed it down to...
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    Hello from Maine! Excited to learn!

    Ah, thank you! I didn't realize that the hens would actually stop laying, but that makes sense.
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    Hello from Maine! Excited to learn!

    So I noticed on the Henderson chart, and on another breed comparison chart I've found, that the "broodiness" of each breed is rated. I understand that this is the breed's tendency toward wanting to hatch and mother the eggs, and this is obviously a good trait if you want to breed, but it seems...
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    Hello from Maine! Excited to learn!

    Okay, so predator section, coop section, Henderson's chart, small combs, Americanas, Dominiques, state thread... looks like I have some homework to do! Thank you all for replying :)
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    Hello from Maine! Excited to learn!

    Hello from Maine! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens. I joined this forum to learn about them before I get any! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I don't have any. (3) What breeds do you have? I need help deciding what breed...
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