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Quote: Personality wise? My lights, definitely. They are all great chickens, but my lights don't have a shy or timid bone in their bodies. My "baby" Lil'Bit is a dark and I'm not sure she even knows she's a chicken. Looks wise? The buff are beautiful, although they are all beautiful in...

Quote: I have all three color varieties light, dark, and buff in the standard brahmas. My two roos are a light and a dark.

Quote: I would have to say that's an old wive's tale. My chickens have been eating the fruit we have available here on the farm...apples, peaches, figs, and strawberries, since they were very young and started laying at 19 weeks. Pretty early considering they're standard brahmas.

When you introduce new foods, like yogurt, you're gonna need to leave it in there with them for awhile. Finally one of the brave ones will take a peck and the others see the brave one eating and decide it's okay. Chickens are very much "monkey see, monkey do".

Hi FLchick and welcome to the forum. Yogurt can be given as early as the first week. It's a fine nutritional supplement. Make sure it's plain, low fat yogurt; not the fruity kind. After that you can start to add other simple, wholesome foods, but always in small amounts. They need to be...