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My girls are getting ready for Easter with some fun surprises. My light brahma, Mildred, laid a beautiful purple speckled egg for us today!

Starting a backyard coops has been a long journey. We started in June of last year and finally got our first egg a week ago! We had heartbreak early as we lost our first three chickens to disease. There's a lot of bad advice and bad stock out there. We ended up with Merick's in our first...

Thank you all! I was concerned since my other chicks didn't look quite as scruffy.

For more context, the EE looks a lot nicer.

I'm relatively new to raising chickens. A few weeks back we lost my kids' favorite chicken so to mend their broken hearts and in a moment of weakness, I picked up two chicks from a feed supply store. One is an EE the other is a Buff Brahma. The Brahma looks like she put a talon in an...