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mochyn
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moogie
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Bugs
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Wombat
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 396 Location: SW Cheshire
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We have 3, one black male, 2 pure white females. The oldest female I rescued from the foxes mouth after it had killed all chickens and two other older IRD's. She had puncture wounds each side of her neck where the fox had grabbed her just as I went outside. We bandaged her neck up and she has been fine since then, 2 years ago.
They are great to watch, running, wiggleing around, always talking.
The eggs are very tasty, however our experience is not that many laid, maybe one every other day between them.
He is sex mad and mounts the females several times a day. In fact we got a Barnvelder hen to add to the flock, but she decided to make friends with the ducks first before the other chickens. he thinks she is a duck and can often be seen chasing her and grabbing her neck to mount her!
Go for them they are great. We feed layers pellets and wheat, plus have a plastic tray about 15cms deep, which they drink, swim and have sex in
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Bugs
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Wombat
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Bugs
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tahir
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mochyn
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Marigold123
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