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    Best Breed for Small Suburban Flock?

    Wow, thanks for taking the time to respond so thoroughly! I had heard some amazing things about Australorps as far as friendliness and productivity, but I didn't know they actually held the record. I was under the impression that Red Sex Links held that record, which is why I considered RIRs...
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    Best Breed for Small Suburban Flock?

    Thanks for the suggestion! I had been leaning that way myself.
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    Best Breed for Small Suburban Flock?

    I'm looking at raising chickens in my Florida neighborhood. I'm looking for a full-size dual-purpose breed that lays lots of brown eggs. I'll be breeding them and keeping one or two roosters with noise reducing collars on. The rest will make delicious Coq Au Vin. I'm stuck between Barred Rock...
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    Prolific Layer of Small Eggs?

    Dheltzel, that does sound like the perfect solution! I'll look into non-broody bantams.
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    Prolific Layer of Small Eggs?

    Thanks for the advice! If I ever get a quail, I'll name her after Dick Cheney's lawyer! It'd be so perfect.
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    Prolific Layer of Small Eggs?

    After searching online for quite a while, it seems that most good egg laying breeds lay large eggs. And why wouldn't they? There's not much of a point in having small eggs, except in my case. I have a corn snake and am contemplating getting another. Rather than buying mice for them, I've been...
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