Not breeding any chickens right now, but a lurker here and always talk to some breeders and chicken people locally.
The one thing I have heard repeatedly about Marans, that when you are working on development of various lines and varieties, you have to work hard to retain and hold on to that...
Some 35, maybe 40 years ago many large hatcheries sold EE and other blue/green egg layers under various names. In those ads it stated that there were studies that "may have indicated" these eggs were lower in cholesterol. Once stated, it's always true!! hehehe
I bring eggs from the farm to...
I was talking to some people at the Waverly swap today, and I thought they said that the City of Norwalk IA had changed the local ordinance to allow 4 laying hens. But, I can not find anything on this through the internet. Any one out there know for sure? Maybe some one in or near Norwalk Ia...