Rural Gardening: Easy to care for chickens?, 1 by CountryGardens

CountryGardens wrote:
We bought Gold Star layers from Hoover Hatchery in Rudd, IA.
http://www.hoovershatchery.com/
They meet all the things you mentioned.
Ours were hatched October 1. They spent the winter in an old corn crib, (sheeted up of course), with just a couple heat bulbs. Bought 125, only lost one that had birth defect.
They started laying end of February. About 3 weeks ago we kept track & they gave us 120 eggs from 121 hens!
They are so tame, they are in the way when you go to feed & water them. They even untie shoes & pick at a loose string on your clothing. Funny!
Bernie