I had an Americana hen who was about 6 years old and of course was my favorite hen. She hadn't laid much this year, so I attributed it to her age. I noticed about 4 weeks ago that her abdomen was swelled. She still looked healthy, eating and drinking, but felt a little thin around the keel...
I think it's kind of like leghorn. Over the years people have just ended up pronouncing it has "leggern".
I believe it's those old farmers that got lazy in their speech and kind of slurred things together . No offense meant to any old farmers out there, that's just the way things have ended...
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I'm from Northern Kentucky. I used to raise chickens as a kid, and just last year decided to get some and start again. I didn't realize when I was...