Rural Gardening: Best chickens for a beginner?, 1 by CountryGardens

CountryGardens wrote:
We bought Gold Star Layers from Hoover Hatchery in Rudd, Iowa.
These are extremely gentle hens. We had 125 last year & it was hard to walk in the pen because they are not scared of anything. You can pick them up whenever you feel the urge to.
http://www.hoovershatchery.com/

They mail the chicks to you. I see minimum is 25. Maybe you will have to find someone to share an order with.
Bernie

Edit to add; these lay a nice large, dark brown egg.

This message was edited Feb 1, 2010 1:28 PM