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    D'uccle Thread

    The first D'uccle I got was a plain white hen that came with three other hens (a light sussex and two easter eggers). Then, a couple of months later, I purchased three D'uccle pullets from a man breeding them. I got them cheap because they weren't up to show standard, but are adorable...
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    Review by '' on item 'Houdan'

    For around six months now I have own a wee Houdan, named Houdini. Houdini is a sweet wee bird and loves to eat out of my hand. She can be a bit picky when offered food on the ground, but loves munching up wheat when her mumma offers to it out of the hand. She is a truly stunning looking chicken...
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    Review by '' on item 'Barnevelder'

    I have one Barnevelder, named Chestnut in a medium sized flock, she is a standout chicken. My Barnevelder is incredibly intelligent, learning how to cross the plank of wood over the ditch that separates the chickens paddock and our house, she often hides her eggs in large clutches, and when she...
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    Silkie thread!

    My little black Silkie, Sootie, has decided its time to go broody...the thing is I have no rooster, and she's sitting on no eggs! Had to take her out of the nesting box, and carry her through the trees to her friends five times, but she still ended up going back! I give up On another...
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    Post Pics Of Orps/ Orpingtons HERE

    Indeed it is New Zealand :D somehow our paddocks stayed green through the dry dry summer!
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    Easter Egger club!

    I got my three Easter Eggers when they were about four months old, and my girls were extremely flighty, but they are slowly starting to settle down, and all come running. They still don't like being cuddled, however I'm working on it!
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    Easter Egger club!

    I have three Easter Egger girls, Tazzie, Gonzales and Sylvie. They are Ameracauna/Gold Laced Wyandotte crosses. Two of my girls are bearded, but Sylvie isn't. Gonzales has developed a bright red comb about two weeks ago, and looks much the hen, but the other two still look like babies. Tazzie...
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    my hen has spurs?

    This is the seven old girls of my flock, Freckles, with the spurs is the light Sussex in the front. Here's a close up of her face. She even has a small comb and wattles, a gorgeous looking girl And here is one of the feet in question. Four toes and a spur. Her spurs are actually...
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    Post Pics Of Orps/ Orpingtons HERE

    I have three Orpington hens, Harriet, Henrietta and Steve. My younger brother got Harriet over five years ago among a set of ten pullets, and stopped looking after his remaining seven girls last year, and the flock was falling apart, becoming sick and broody, not going to bed at night, and...
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    Silkie thread!

    These are my four wee Silkie chickens, I've had Sootie (the gorgeous wee black Silkie) for a couple of months now. She came in an already mixed flock with six others, but was by no means the bottom of the pecking order. Sootie does as she wants, and is a good wee layer of large white eggs! Just...
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    Silkie thread!

    I have four lovely wee Silkies in my flock, a black, blue, splash and white. When the girls can't manage the top perch, I like to - a little too much really - put them in order and make internal jokes about four shades of grey. My entertainment for the night anyway :P
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    my hen has spurs?

    I have three five year old light Sussex hens, and all though they are all from the same place, one of them has spurs. To begin with I thought they were a fifth toe, but this is not the case as her toe/spur does not have the same placement as my Houdan, Silkie or even my Dorking. She is...
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    Hi, I'm Sam!

    Hey everyone! So I'm new to this site, and am the owner of a medium sized flock of various breeds of gorgeous hens down under in New Zealand. My old girls are three light Sussex, a black Orpington, Barnevelder, Dorking and Rhode Island Red. The new additions to my flock include two new...
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