Sourdough Hens

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Romance
This girl is Griffin and probably Hawk's daughter. She lays tiny bright blue eggs just a tint browner than her mom's. She has a pea comb. Romance is my smallest hen, probably only weighing 3-4ish lbs. She is very shy, and has barring. Very gray smoky looking feathers and thick hackles. She has a blue-ish tint to her legs like her most-likely mom, Hawk.

 

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Here's the list of chickens who are in the "program" right now.

• Abby (roo w/ muffs and pea comb)
• Romance (small hen w/ pea comb)
• Vengeance and maybe?? Velociraptor (rose comb, black feathers, very sleek looking-only applies to Vengeance)
• Creek (rose comb; fluffy; hefty)
• Crook (rose comb; fluffy; hefty)
• Crippler (rose comb; fluffy; hefty)
• Cranberry (single comb, fluffy, dark feathers; hefty)
• Croatia (single comb, fluffy; hefty)
• Chainsaw (crest, single comb, VERY hardy)
• Hawk (pea comb; muffs)

I'm going to add several Pavlovskaya chicks (to add new blood and maybe replace Abby if a roo is better than him) to the flock this summer. I will also keep 2-4 muffed and rose or pea-combed hens to raise up from my flock.

 

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I had to cull one of my hens (Jinu) due to a prolapse. She had a lot of fat on her and I feel like about a 1/3 of her body cavity had eggs/reproductive system in it. Does anyone think that would be normal? After plucking her I could tell that her eggs were HUGE compared to her body size. Poor girl. Reminder to me of why I don't want my chickens to lay all the time like traditional egg layers.

 

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Sooo 6-8 year old Chainsaw laid an egg today.... Should I put it in the bator? I want to and I would love to have chickies with crests and maybe muffs, but it's still chilly out I also don't know when she's going to lay again with her age. Hmmmmm...

Reminder: Chainsaw is definitely my most disease resistant and healthiest hen.