[Diana in Wisconsin]

I never knew that about the pelvic spacing on a hen. Who knew they had ‘breeder hips?’ Thanks!

I’ve always bought/raised breeds that were superb layers. My favorites being Buff Orrpington and any in the Wyandotte breed.

[gundog]

Buffies are good people. I had an incubator fail, once. Shoved the eggs under a setting Buff. Only one that made it was a tiny little Amhearst Pheasant hen.

[Chickensoup]

I just look at their feet and eye ring to see if they’re laying. If they ar bleached out they are laying. If they are golden they are not

[Yardstick]

My favorites being Buff Orrpington and any in the Wyandotte breed...
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I’ve never had chickens but my favorite breed is “Buff Orpington” just because the name has such a cool ring to it. I googled it once to see if anyone had used it for a band name and, sure enough, they had:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Musician-Band/Buff-Orpington-27636114718/