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    "City folk" got to see our first eggs laid!

    My husband and I went out to collect the eggs together and found two hens in the community nest box and the black hen (either BPR or Cuckoo Maran???) was actually making a low growling sound we've never heard so we started watching her carefully and sure enough, she laid her first egg with her...
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    Newbie Alert! BPR vs Cuckoo Maran Differences?

    Yep, the barring is random enough that there aren't 4 birds I can clearly identify as "YOU are the TSC girls!" and I've been studying their legs for weeks and I can't quite tell because they're all a little different. *sigh* Maybe as they get more mature...? Thanks for all the input!!!
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    Newbie Alert! BPR vs Cuckoo Maran Differences?

    We've raised 3 day old chicks to the point where they're starting to lay with LOTS of help from a local organic farmer and this forum! We started with 8 chicks from Tractor Supply that are supposedly from "a hatchery in Arizona" that were in the "mixed dual purpose" bin, and 12 from our friend...
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