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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Sage Austin | Eureka! Design wrote:
> EarthNSky wrote:
> > In a open environment, a white bird might as well carry a sign that
> > says I AM DINNER to all winged and toothed predators. :)
> We have only four white chickens, Avo the rooster that lives with his
>  "fuzzy hens" the sheep,  two annoying Egyptian Fayoumis with
> "attitude" and a light Sussex, which seems more dumb than bad to the
> bone. None have been eaten by predators in the two years we've had
> them, but as a vegetarian I've considered offing them on several
> occasions.

You are too funny Sage.


<snip>
> If you want white chickens IMO no predator is willing to tangle with,
>  then the Egyptian Fayoumis are for you. They've managed to survive
> since Biblical times on the Nile. They aren't very big, but they lay
> big white eggs quite consistently.

I had to look up that breed..I usually keep brown egg layers so the
white egg layers are new to me. I went to poultrysite and Murray
McMurray and the pictures I saw show a multi-colored bird, not all
white..those babies look ADORABLE!

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Fayu/BRKFayoumi.html
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/product/egyptian_fayoumis.html

I know the desert isn't all that white, but it isn't all that green
either...perhaps they blend in better with the surroundings in a desert
like environment than in a temperate forest?
My 'white' birds are almost 98% white.  They each have this odd splash
of black at random places, but they are mostly white.  Now, I do have
one bird, beautiful girl, that is marked a bit like your hens, with the
slight barring on her back half and a white head.  She's beautiful, and
I plan to keep her.

Bev



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