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This is a picture of MY "Bertha". I had "Bertha" "Betsy" and "Beatrice" but only Bertha made the cut to be kept. This was last fall at about 1.8 years old. She's 2 years old now and looks even better. She does lay eggs sometimes, but only occasionally. My rooster breeds her regularly. No idea...

Slingshot, I think you answered your own question. :P If you can get them to bred, you can hatch out chicks that have those traits. Most of us have a pretty solid grasp on the genetics of it (yes, we've all heard the "But they're not meant to live so long!" lectures, the "They're too big to...

I have an adult CX hen that I'm going to need to isolate to see if she's laying. :P Fingers crossed! She's around 9mo right now, so she ought to be! But I have so many brown egg layers I can't tell hers apart.

Oooh! Good luck! If it goes well or not let us know! I am really interested!