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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

>  I can't think of a variety that
> I did not like or have some affinity for.

I wasn't too fond of Speckled Sussex. They are pretty birds, and good 
layers, but even the hens were aggressive. The hens charged me and pecked 
me, and the roosters tried to spur me; got me a couple times...they'd jusy 
fly at me from out of nowhere. They made my daughter very afraid of chickens 
(she still is, many years later). I like the fat, docile ones, like Buff 
Orppingtons.

The last batch I bought was a mixed heavy breed batch from McMurray.  I've 
hatched a couple batches of eggs from them, so my chickens are a mish-mash 
now...a couple feather-footed, mostly sort of barred rocks, a couple of 
those scrawny white ones, and a couple pretty little hens that lay pink 
eggs.

Lynn Wigglesworth