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I've only had one maran, she was a mystic maran. She was very sweet, laid huge dark brown eggs, had a big build, although not overweight. I don't remember her much because she died a long time ago. I think she probably died because she got egg bound.

My absolute favorite breed of all time.
I love their personalities, and colors. I like to mix up the different colors and see what the off spring look like.

But I also do a lot more serious breeding with my bb reds. Currently looking to make my own line of show quality bb red's.

Easter Eggers are one of my very favorite chickens. I've found them to be the healthiest chickens I've raised and they live a long time. They lay lots of large and jumbo eggs and continue to lay a decent amount when they're older. Because they are mixes you never know what color you are going to get or if they'll have beards or not or what color eggs they are going to lay which is exciting to me. You can usually easily tell individuals apart too. They are on the small side for a standard chicken so they probably don't eat as much as, say, a dual purpose breed, but their size and weight allow them to fly quite well which can be a problem if you're trying to keep them within a fenced area or catch them.

On all websites I've visited says that easter eggers are one of the sweetest chicken breeds you can get. Yes, that can be true....But all chicken's personalities vary! I can barely get close to my easter egger, she startles when I make the slightest movement. She is not afraid to stand up for herself. She will fight. She fights with a hen that is twice the size as her. On the other hand, she lays pretty eggs and her face is cute. She only has 2 friends in my entire flock, they were in the same batch. She only really hangs out with the chickens her age. She has a very weird laying time, will lay all throughout summer, and after Winter she starts back up again very early, about February.

I use this product for any illness that pops up among my chickens. You can put it in water or on a piece of fruit or veggie or any treat really. You can only give it to your chickens for every day for a week or 2. I will try using it for molting this year. My 4 yr old australorp went through an awful molt last year.

I have one black australorp named Phyllis, went broody in the summer of 2023, was a great mom. Gets along great with other chickens, rooster loves her.

I love their size and the fact that they don't fly over short fences.

This is my light brahma, Dottie. Very sweet hen, kinda shy, but not skittish.

This is a perfect feeder is you you have around 10 chicks. I use this every time I get chicks.
True, chicks will poop in it but you can easily dump out the top layer of feed with the poop. They like roosting on top of it.

I love this breed! I have one silver spangled hen. She is funny and cute. She’s super popular with visitors (“Look at the white one with the funny hat!”)
They are supposed to be good layers in the winter (better than other breeds, at least), but she slowed down just like the rest of the flock. Yes, her egg song is a bit loud, but not horrible.

Overall, I would totally recommend this breed!
Note: I only have one hen! My review may not apply to all chickens of this breed.

my welsummer that passed away was a very nice bird, she wasn't skittish or flighty, but she was more shy and kept to herself. very nice to other chickens. she was very big, had stocky legs and a big build in general.
R.I.P. Puddles.

I used this when I first got chickens. It worked great...... Until one of my chick's heads grew too fat for the feeder, then we had to figure out a different way to feed them where he wouldn't get his head stuck

I have two Lavender Orpington hens. They are so sweet and pretty! They are big girls, though. Not overweight (though that happens often with Orpingtons), but a bit chunky! Lots of fluffy feathers. They are friendly (they love cameras and shoes!), and let us pick them up for cuddles. (One of mine is pecking at my boots as I speak!)

One con is that their fluffy butts often get dirty and need trimming or cleaning. Not too big of a problem if you don’t mind that, though.

Overall, a great breed (the Lavenders are, at least); I would recommend them!

Cornish Cross are one of the worst breeds I have seen in my life, if not the top worst. The only thing they do all day is sit in their poop and continually eat, only occasionally roaming around the yard even though there is plenty of space for them to do so. Not to mention that their poop is literally everywhere you step and it is in huge piles, much larger than a normal chicken's. They are destructive and turn everything to a pile of poop and mud. Cornish Cross are oriented so much to food that they attack you for it. This goes for both genders; the cockerel started attacking me first when he saw me with the feed bucket, and the pullets followed along and attacked me as well. Two of them died before butcher age, one from leg problems and the other one from a heart attack. Cornish Cross are extremely loud and they constantly make this annoying honking noise because they choke on their food since they eat so fast and so much. The only things good about this crossbreed is that they are fast choice for meat production and they can easily fight off diseases such as coccidiosis and fowl pox, but other than that, don't waste your time and your yard space. American Bresse would be much better.

Last year in 2023 I found a baby mallard, all alone in a Kroger parking lot, surrounded by cars and no mom or nest, let alone a pond or water source to be found. Brought her home and named her Daisy. Had 2 broody hens with 10 chicks at the time, tried to put Daisy with them, but broody hens rejected her. Daisy imprinted on me very fast, following me all around. She tended to chase the chickens around. I felt bad because whenever we went inside she would wait at the door, waiting for sometimes a few hours until we could come outside. She was very friendly and cute and loved to cuddle as a baby. Went missing several times, and she eventually turned up every time except that last time. One night I went in my house to have dinner, came back 15 minutes later, and she was gone. Nowhere to be found, I looked everywhere. I didn't hear any squacking, quaking, and didn't find any feathers or blood anywhere. It still remains a mystery..... Otherwise, I would recommend taking a mallard in if you find a missing duckling, because usually in the Spring time rehab centers are overrun with animals and can't take any more in. I would call just in case, though.

I use this every time I have chicks. The design makes it easy to put rocks in it so that the chicks don't drown. It's better than using a dish-like design because there is less room for the chicks to fall in and/or drown. Chicks will poop in it, that will probably happen with all waterers and feeders, kinda inevitable.

My little hen Vicky was so sweet, she had a special bond with my black sexlink Winnie. They did everything together. Vicky had a lot of personality. She was kinda overweight either that or her legs were just far apart at birth.

I'm not really sure how many eggs she laid because the color of her eggs were the same color as all the rest of the eggs.

I originally got a young adult trio of buff Americans and the gander was extremely sweet and friendly. The hens were friendly but standoffish, they would come up and chat but kept their distance. Unfortunately, he died to a fox. He was the sole casualty so I like to think he died protecting his birds. Unfortunately, the replacement gander wasn’t so nice. At first he was shy but when breeding season came around he decided he loved my dad and hated everyone else. He would follow Dad around singing songs to him and accepting hugs. He tried to bite and beat everyone with his wings and constantly attacked everyone on the farm. Including the visitors. Also the hens sat on eggs but only one incubated successfully. They were very protective of their baby and Charlie momentarily wouldn’t attack you at random with the new purpose of watching over his child. (I’m sure he would if you got close but that’s on you then.)
Unfortunately we sold that baby and he returned to his evil ways. When breeding season ended he was slightly less mean but still very mean.

Hard to tell what you'll get with a cross-bred chicken like the Olive Eggers unless you know the specific parents or even parentage breeds! My "Livvie" appears to be Crested Cream Legbar (blue) crossed with a Plymouth Barred Rock (brown)??? She's just turning two, a teensy bit flighty and decided to go broody! I might try to use her to raise me a rooster for them, plus 2 more girls to my current healthy mixed Heritage & Cross 8???
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My experience with the Procelain Duccle is a Joyous one. I have found them to handle well and even be one of the easiest of my flock to scoop up outside the coop. I work with the bantams to make sure they will handle well as they get older. I can definitely say i enjoy their sounds immensely its very unique to the flock.