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Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

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The egg of the Arkansas Blue is very close to the Tiffany blue box of the well-known jewelry store.

The stands were full and there were echoes of coos, caaws, crowing and clucking in the cavernous Fauquier Livestock Exchange in Marshall. Buyers and sellers arrived in the morning toting cages of Seramas, Black Cochins chicks, Australorp, Bantam Roosters, Brahma/Bard Rock cross hybrid roosters and Midget White hens for a recent Poultry and Small Animal Auction. The sale began with eggs in all shades of blue, beige, white and black. A crate of farm fresh eggs went for $3 and a hatching turkey egg went for $14. Manager Stan Stevens was in the auctioneer’s booth…going once, going twice and SOLD.

Ryan Grimsley sells some fresh eggs as Seth Merryman watches the action. Shelley Merryman and Roger Beavers.

Shelley Merryman and Roger Beavers.

All the chickens arrived and departed in cages.

Before the sale, buyers come to check out the poultry.

How much is that chicken in the window?

Before the sale, buyers come to check out the poultry.

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