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chickens - hens - chocolate egger - $45 (Sumner/Orting area)
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This is my 2nd year with these. They are black with irridescence, some with copper neck markings and some with feathered legs. They are very docile as hens and lay large dark brown eggs (about 4-5 per week). The early eggs have a reddish tint to them, but by the end of a year, the eggs are milk chocolate brown. They like free ranging but adapt to being penned up. They aren't noisy birds. They are dual purpose.
I have other hens (all laying) that are the same age and price so you can mix and match for a variety of egg shell colors (all showing in egg picture):
Brown Novogens - 6-7 russet brown shelled eggs per week
Olive eggers - 5-6 green to olive shelled eggs per week (85% will be solid green, the rest will be light to dark brown)
Easter eggers - 5-6 blue shelled eggs per week (~ 85% of their eggs are blue, the rest are cream hues)
White novogens - 6-7 white shelled eggs per week
Ash (smoky gray chicken) - 5-6 brown shelled eggs per week
If you are looking for egg volume, you want brown or white novogens. If you want different colored eggs, a combination of some of the above chickens will give you a nice variety.
Info from the hatchery:
Parent Stock for the Chocolate Egger is a Black Copper Maran Father on a Rhode Island Red Hen.
They are calm and docile
They are tolerant of both cold and hot climates
Regarding communication and sales:
I use email to do communications to set up see/buy appointments. I have had poultry stolen when I used phone/text.
I don't monitor emails or sell on Sundays.