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They are a medium-sized breed and lay close to 300 brown eggs per year, making them one of the best egg-laying blue chickens.

Consumers disgusted with high egg prices may either decide to give up their favorite breakfast food, cut out the baking or take the plunge into raising their own laying hens.

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