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["Sage Austin | Eureka! Design" <eureka AT hctc.net>]

Yes, not entirely white. Maybe they look like limestone rocks to the 
predators. Notice under the comments on McMurray they mention 
high-strung for this breed. That's an understatement. Not only did these 
birds manage to evade the jaws of Nile alligators, they probably plucked 
the poor reptiles out of the water and dined on them!

EarthNSky wrote:
> Sage Austin | Eureka! Design wrote:
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> > EarthNSky wrote:
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> > > In a open environment, a white bird might as well carry a sign that
> > > says I AM DINNER to all winged and toothed predators. :)
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> > 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.
> >     
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> You are too funny Sage.
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> > 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.
> >     
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> 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
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> 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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