Longtime lurker, first-time poster.
We have a backyard flock in Lake County, California (north of Napa County).
We started a few years ago with commercial laying breeds, then got some Black Copper Marans and various Easter Eggers. We now have more Easter Eggers from our barnyard mix, but also...
Stay away.
I ordered Bresse chicks from them. Two thirds of them are splashed when they should have been white.
Now this is a trait that shows up naturally in the white Bresse, but a reputed breeder would work to remove it from its gene pool.
My chicks from Greenfire Farms are healthy, textbook...
