Bearded hens

I have wild turkeys passing through my yard on a fairly regular basis, and the flock contains several bearded hens. It appears to be fairly common in wild birds.

 

I could not find a photo to show a bearded hen. I currently have two that have tiny beards and i used to have a bourbon red hen with about a two inch beard. I do have a photo of my sweetgrass hen displaying which she does occasionally when she's feeling spry, she's on the right.

 

I'm pretty sure one or two have them, I will check tomorrow to see for sure how many.

 

Thanks. Shes a big sweetie.

 

My other sweetgrass hen from last year has a tiny beard started.