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Sorry not to have been around - now I have a hen question....   Message List  
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Re: Sorry not to have been around - now I have a hen question....

Thanks Elizabeth, all the books and poultry mags I've read and I've never come
across it once!!! I wondered if they might be transgender chickens!!!


--- In smallholding@..., eliz_moriarty <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> I wouldn't worry about them unless they get unduly long.
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> --- In smallholding@..., "Karen" <karence@> wrote:
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> > Quick question first, should I worry that a couple of my hens are growing
> > spurs??? As they are not aggressive if they are spurs should they just be
> > allowed to stay, the alternatives seem a bit grisly!!
>





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...I have heaps of emails, I've been hiding on another computer, which doesn't have my email programme on, so I will be sending out prolific amounts of emails...
Karen
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Mar 24, 2009
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I wouldn't worry about them unless they get unduly long....
eliz_moriarty
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Mar 30, 2009
2:48 pm

Thanks Elizabeth, all the books and poultry mags I've read and I've never come across it once!!! I wondered if they might be transgender chickens!!!...
auntie_mabel
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Apr 4, 2009
9:11 pm

I think it's more common in some breeds than others. I once had a Maran hen that grew sickle feathers/saddle hackles for one season and used to attempt to...
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Apr 4, 2009
9:39 pm

Wow, did you manage to get any pictures of her before her moult? I now have two affected - one is an Isa Brown the other is a Lohmann Brown. I think I'm just...
auntie_mabel
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Apr 4, 2009
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I've heard of RIRs having them, maybe they inherit the trait from them. I thought I still had her sickle feathers in my pencil jar, but a quick look has...
eliz_moriarty
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Apr 4, 2009
10:08 pm

Ah, okay that makes sense then, I'll stop worry, maybe knit or felt some spur warmers!!! ;-) Oh I'm sorry Elizabeth, (((hugs))) I wonder if you could...
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Apr 4, 2009
10:28 pm
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