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I’ve seen them on farms. They’re just a small breed of chicken, a cross between Cornish and Plymouth Rock chickens. I have heard that small regular chickens are sometimes sold as Cornish hens. I occasionally run...

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-cracking for the same yield, woo-hoo! there are some breeds of chickens that lay smaller-sized eggs as well (the hens are smaller too), but i think your fellow was telling you the truth!

To address the question you actually did ask, rather than one you didn’t: The chief difference between tom and hen is size; toms grow bigger. Differences in flavor, texture or white/dark proportions are minimal, and...

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Well, Bantum hens lay small-med eggs their whole life. Also different breeds lay different sizes. All of my hens lay large brown eggs, because I never need smaller. Except my easter egg chicken which lays the most beautiful...

as stewing hens for good reason. They need moist heat but have a lot more flavor than young chickens. Except for an occasional hobbyist nobody keeps roosters for anything but breeding, so the supply is small. Old roosters have...

hens stopped laying so she started over and this is the first year with the new hens. They lay green, light blue, and brown eggs. I didn’t ask about breeds since I don’t know much about it anyway. I have bought...

A note on Imo’s...the Tong Daak or roasted chicken is actually a cornish game hen. It does come with the traditional side of pickled white radishes. I also read that NY Times article and the only place that I’ve come...

Probably Aurocana hens or something like that...they lay different colored pastel eggs...Martha stewart raises them, or course with the pastel color scheme!

, wobbling around and virtually unable to raise their heads. Such a disturbing change from our laying hens and the “heirloom” chickens our neighbors raise for meat...anyway, after this experience, I wouldn’t be...