Speckeldy Hens
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"If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world" - Nikola Tesla
"Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts" - Nikki Giovanni
''The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.'' - Albert Schweitzer
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - George Washington
"A nation can survive its fools, but it cannot survive treason from within." - Cicero
Would like to hear from anyone keeping Speckledys about how long they lay for and if they would be easy for first-time chicken keepers - and anything else about them. A friend is getting some as day-olds and is hoping to interest us in taking some when they've brought them onto POL - was planning to get Black Rocks on the hybrid side - and otherwise some pure breeds - but wondered how Speckledys compare.
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I have 6 speckledys and they are really tame and lay lots and lots of eggs, only 18mths old yet so dont know how long they will lay for. I have heard of birds being 6 yrs old and still laying (obviously apart from when they are moulting)
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Partridge Wyandotte Bantams
Priscilla!
Yesterday I went to Poultry Park and bought two new hens to add to my six!
This time a bought a Speckeldy and a Maran Cuivree.
The Speckeldy I have named Priscilla. As soon as I have any photos of her I will post them here. She is quite white headed and I avoided the ones with feathered legs and feet as the run can become quite muddy at times.
The Maran Cuivree is called Georgina! Will see if there is a thread for those!
This time a bought a Speckeldy and a Maran Cuivree.
The Speckeldy I have named Priscilla. As soon as I have any photos of her I will post them here. She is quite white headed and I avoided the ones with feathered legs and feet as the run can become quite muddy at times.
The Maran Cuivree is called Georgina! Will see if there is a thread for those!
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see I have one of them there hens and I was told by the woman who sold her to me [£15] that she was a legbar... then on here someone [henwife] said she was a moron cuckoo and now I see speckeldy I am all confusseded and dont know what I have!
Mines called Rocket as when we got home with her she was next to me one minute and then with no flapping she was 6 foot up on a fence! So I said "what the hell??? Have you a rocket up your jacksie!"
Mines called Rocket as when we got home with her she was next to me one minute and then with no flapping she was 6 foot up on a fence! So I said "what the hell??? Have you a rocket up your jacksie!"
New Girls!
Here is a photo of one of my new girls which I bought yesterday. I bought one Maran Cuivree and one Speckeldy! Both from http://www.poultrypark.com/

This is Priscilla
and here she is with Georgina the Maran Cuivree


This is Priscilla
and here she is with Georgina the Maran Cuivree

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