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I do have one of my Houdans that is slightly unusual, 'Freak'. She has a 6th toenail growing out of the second toe. Now just from basic genetics I believe that the 5th toe on Houdans-which appears to be a copy of the 3rd toe-is a result of SHH genes (sonic hedgehog), so that the presence on the...

Quote: you seem well read on the history stuff and references- are you an academic? I got mine from Cackle too. I don't know much about the breed (I'm a herpetologist-so very new to birds although they do have their similarities). we just started in chickens in Feb. we went from 6 backyard...

does anyone in the US have the european leaf comb variety? i prefer these to the apa 2 prong variety. also-how well do your lay for you? here are some pics,we have 3, but i think they are all female. They were hatched 4/19/11 but none show any different combs, although this first one has a...