Yeah, egg production and meat. That plus playing some with color/pattern genetics are some of my main goals.
I can understand your frustration but I personally don't worry about breed standards. They are just not important to my goals. I find that the more traits I select for when deciding...
Hatcheries are in the business of mass producing chicks and their prices reflect that. Each hatchery has different people selecting which chickens go into the breeding pen, but with the mass production pen-breeding system they use you are not going to get show quality chicks. They may have 20...