Same here! My avatar is a hatchery BPR. Not only did she instil my love for the breed, she made me expand and become chicken obsessed! I started out just wanting fancy birds for fun. We ended up getting her because those fun birds were not laying yet. She was such the character. I remember her voice fondly. She was the most vocal hen I have ever come across, and I have a lot!Of course he's beautiful. And a sweet temperament makes him all the more attractive. I started out with a McMurray hatchery BR rooster with battle scars, favus, lice and malnutrition (shame on you, FFA kid!) He paid me back for his rescue and cemented my love of nice tempered roosters-that sweet Hawkeye set the bar high and he'll never be forgotten. I may have my beautiful heritage line BRs, but I love my hatchery-descended hens just as much. They began my love of Barred Plymouth Rocks.