I agree on the Whitmore Farms on their Welsummers and you would be hard pressed to buy a Maran pullet for a decent price. Do not be surprise to pay more than what you usually get in your area. The hatcheries do not guarantee the show quality or the egg color quality but some of the serious breeders would guarantee their stock potentinal of dark eggs.
Do not get Barnvelders, they are still needing work on the egg shell color and feather lacing problems. Check back about five years, there should be some decent Barnvelders that produces good consisent lacings and egg colors.
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just curious....what's wrong with MPC? i ask, cuz i have 6 EE, 1 welsummer and 1 BO being shipped to me from MPC in a couple weeks.
There's nothing wrong with MPC if you just want chickens to lay eggs, but if you want a Welsummer who will truly give you a good egg, I'd rather go for a breeder who pays attention to what they breed - They actually know their Welsummers, focus on them, and look for the best egg. MPC, who gets their stock through Meyer, just looks for quantity - They just want a chicken to lay enough eggs to sell enough chicks. Nothing more. So chances are, your Welsummer from them won't have all that pretty of an egg compared to the typical brown.
