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Thank you @edgarmongold @springvalley123 and @The Moonshiner for your insights on this. I do realize I've been dupped now. But I have to say, these birds are really great and I might consider getting another batch in a couple years to re-up on them if they turn out to be as great of layers as the hatchery suggested - mine are 14 weeks right now so not quite laying yet. They are hardy though. I have a fully free range laying flock so I need alert birds with a little weight to them or enough smarts and speed to get under cover quickly. Most of them are still refusing to go into the coops at night (despite plenty of space) with the other layers (in Maine, in almost December - although it hasn't gotten very cold yet here strangely enough). They prefer to sleep under the covered roof shelters that I have out for rainy/snowy day protection.
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