Thanks for the link to Murry McMurry ... I will check them out next ... as for the RIR ... they were from an Amish farm ... they sat (or one hen sat) a nest and the other hens killed the peeps ... it was nasty ... we have a hen now with 3 peeps and the rest of the chickens are penned out ... we...
Hi All, We are trying to find some new laying hens and/or started pullets ... we would prefer sex-linked varieties as they seem to be hardy layers ... but are open to other brown egg layers other than Rhode Island Reds ... we had bad experience with them once ... found them to be a little overly...