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My crested hen
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:37 pm
by Brebis
This is Nippy, a hen I hatched out about 4 years ago with a bunch of turkeys. She’s quite a character and fearless (probably because she had to put up with a crazy bunch of turkeys for the first several months of her life). She’s a cross between a New Hampshire rooster and a red brown Ameraucana. She has muffs and a small beard but her coop mates seem to like trimming them.
But just wondering where her funny little crest came from!
Re: My crested hen
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 9:14 pm
by TomK
The look on her face reminds me of a grade school teacher i had back in the day...
Re: My crested hen
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 11:34 pm
by KimChick
TomK wrote: ↑Sat Jul 28, 2018 9:14 pm
The look on her face reminds me of a grade school teacher i had back in the day...
To me, she looks kind of resigned.
Re: My crested hen
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:30 pm
by windwalkingwolf
Is that on the back of her head, or coming up from her ears? If it's on her head/neck, I would suspect she has a scar there, either a hatching injury or from being pecked and having her skin torn.
Re: My crested hen
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:03 pm
by Brebis
It’s on the top of her head rather than her ears. You could be right, the poults she was with loved pecking her and so she has no tail at all. Even so, she was always the boss of them!
