Just as an aside - I look at everybody's total joy at their first eggs (mine included!) and their love for their chickens (again, mine included), then I see those pitiful chickens on television where the sides of the buildings are falling down from EIGHT FEET of chicken poop - one of us is wrong and I think I know who! This is definitely how it was meant to be and there is a reason why our eggs are better and don't have nasty junk/diseases.
deb g
1 Polish, 1 EE, 1 golden and 1 silver Sebright hens, and 1 black Cochin Frizzle roo and 1 silkie roo, 20 wks old
5 d'uccles, 4 silkies, and 1 Cochin Frizzle, 6 weeks old (hopefully all girls)
3 dogs and 1 hubby, empty-nesters, expecting our 1st grandbaby!