Breeding Lavender Birchen Marans and how to build on the right foundation

When people ask me what breed they should get, my first response is usually disappointing. I don’t ask about egg color. I don’t ask how many eggs they want per week. And I definitely don’t pull out a breed chart. Instead, I ask a much simpler question: Why do you actually want chickens? Because after more than twenty years of raising and breeding birds, I’ve learned this truth the hard way: Most chicken problems aren’t caused by the birds — they’re caused by systems built for