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    Americauna eggs

    Keep in mind that from Spring to Winter, the eggs will get progressively lighter in shade too. A friend with a pair of EEs stop laying for a month and a half around mid-Jan through 1st of March, and when they start laying again the eggs are a nice mint green, by October, they're almost white...
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    Can you make a hen go broody?

    Her cochins are very reliable moms. She prefers to use the silkie/rock girl if she's broody at the time though, because she's fantastic. You haven't had as good a laugh as you will watching a little poofy chicken scolding 3 ducklings who just waded into a kiddie pool.
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    Can you make a hen go broody?

    This is why my main chicken lady friend keeps a blue cochin hen, a splash cochin hen and a bantam partridge cochin hen. One of them is pretty much guaranteed to be broody from March-November. (We live in NH) With neighbors who primarily have EEs, leghorns and mixes of other breeds, she's...
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    Your top 5 breeds for temperament

    Definitely a few faverolles hens since you'll have the roo. Keeping heritage breeds is always a good thing and they're sweethearts, if not the best layers. I would go with Speckled Sussex, Black Austrolorps or Easter Eggers if you want good, not incredibly broody, but friendly birds. Red...
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    the most beautiful rooster breed ?

    I'm a fan of Faverolles roos and Polish roos.
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