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Thank you all for your input. I'm leaning toward hatchery birds to start but I know I'll eventually breed...something.

Thanks. I've been leaning toward hatchery chicks (I go back & forth). I think I eventually want Black Copper Marans and Wyandottes, however, BCM's are apparently not the best layers (3 eggs a week) and Wyandottes are slow to mature (at least from breeders) so I'd be waiting a long time for my...

I'm still deciding on where to obtain my first chickens. Hatchery birds apparently lay better than birds bred for standard (at least that's what I'm reading). I'm guessing this is similar to what happened to hybrid roses (pretty ones have no smell) and red delicious apples (beautiful, but no...