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Hi I'm Kate - I raise chickens and have for about 50 years now. New breeders keep asking me about leakage and I would like a scientific definition of this term. I refer to gold or silver in the hackle as just that. What leaks are we referring to? genetic? Who invented this term? I can find this...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? No, catalogs in 1970 (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 300 (3) What breeds do you have? Mostly Silkies, Some Australorps, Cornish (4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? email, show? (5) What are some of...