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Thread #104968 Message #2154928
Posted By: open mike
22-Sep-07 - 11:05 AM
Thread Name: BS: multiple births
Subject: RE: BS: multiple births
The colored shells are from Arucana or Araucana chickens..they are from south america. http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Arau/BRKAraucanas.html
There is a French breed called Marans whose egtg shells are very dark brown, almost burgundy or chocolate colored. http://www.sdeggs.com/maransdescription.html http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/product/cuckoo_maran.html http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/category/standard_breed_chicks.html
some fighting cocks are fitted with silver spurs beware--if you google cock fight you might find some sites with no chickens in them. Music thread...Tom Russell has a great song about a fighting rooster called Gallo de Cielo. Juni Fisher has a sequel to it called Ghost of El Ciello