And there's especially nothing like a homegrown fresh egg! With all the take scraps, plants, bugs, and everything else they eat, their yolks are so beautiful. Any other egg looks anemic now.

The Marans ate big too, I was surprised at the size difference. Meant the roosters that hatched (the Marans and 3 bantams were hatched by my silky bantams from fertilized eggs a friend gave me) had good use, if you know what I mean. I would have really loved keeping a blue rooster, but I've already got one rooster I'm not supposed to have (in city limits, but neighbors don't care fortunately), and he didn't crow as much as those Maran cockerels. I actually helped one hatch when he got stuck and the membranes started drying in the summer heat.