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thanks Kathy, I appreciate it.

I think my biggest want for the hens is that I have a rather nice looking bird and one that lays a good size egg. I don't want to consistently have small eggs. Do chickens lay bigger eggs as they mature, and they just all start out small, or is it breed specific? I don't have to have a breed...

Quote: I was looking at some of those and the misses said no way. She was scared of the way they looked. I figure one day I will sneak a few into the coop, but for now, I think I will need to stick with something else. I think right now, I am favoring RIR, but not for sure yet. Everytime I...

Thank you all so much for the info so far. I will keep studying all the info and jump in feet first before to long. Another good thing is that this is all I will be doing, so I will have plenty of time to work with them and figure out what does really work well for us. If you have other...

Alright, so I am new to all of this. We have recently bought an old, small farm (11 acres, enough to really get me in trouble) and I have been researching on what type of chickens to start with. I swear, the more I read from all of the great posts on here, the more confused I get. I know, you...