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Default Speaking of eggs

Miche > wrote:

> (Steve Pope) wrote:


>> Those are cool looking eggs. Were I to get some domestic
>> chickens, I think I'd get a few of those.


>If you do decide to get Araucanas, it's worth keeping an eye on the
>genetics -- the gene that causes the distinctive ear tufts is dominant,
>but two copies means the chick dies before hatching.


Thanks for the tip. (Alas, I'm not on the verge of becoming
a chicken farmer...)

S.