what breed please
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The crest and the blue eggs suggest either an Auracana or a Cream Legbar cross, though of course the colours are wrong for either of these. I don't think she is a 'breed' but just a pretty and productive cross between who knows what? Looks a bit like a Leghorn tail as well, which might account for her colour, though she doesn't have a Leghorn comb. Where did she come from? Was she home bred from somebody's mixed flock?
A lady only wanted to keep bantams and had these three (two warren and this one) to get rid off. . She had no idea what she was . Yes! I expect she is a mixture. Thank you . I must say you have some very interesting posts to read. I like the fact you do not have anyone getting the vapours if you mention the word "culling". Dorcas
Well, people vary a lot about how personally involved they feel when the end approaches for a pet chicken, just as they would for any other pet. For some people, this is a real bereavement, and one has to sympathise. But at the other end of the scale are people who make their living from keeping chickens, and can't afford to be sentimental about doing the deed, though I don't think that makes it easy for a keeper who really cares for their birds. I think the important thing is that, when its clear that a chicken has to be culled, for whatever reason, its done humanely and skilfully, so that further suffering is prevented. Chickens don't live very long, and are prone to painful and incurable conditions as they get older, and I feel it's a mistake to try too hard to cure them when its hopeless. I'm somewhere in the middle - i give my girls a really good life, but when they become too old to lay, especially if they fall prey to ageing problems such as prolapse, I have no hesitation in calling time on them - but I'm soft- hearted enough to take them to the vet to be PTS, something I couldn't afford if I kept more than a very few birds or bred surplus cockerels etc.
Caradog
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She looks very similar to a Sulmtaler as well - she may have a bit of this in her - i wonder? 
That would account for the Cream Legbar crest.
valeriebutterley
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I have a purposely bred green egg layer who looks exactly like her but is pure white.
She is a mixture of Cream legbar and white Leghorn. I'm still waiting for the eggs as she was attacked vey badly, and is still in recovery - only a baby, she is pre POL.
The attack was severe and directly to her head, a miracle she is still with me. I think she must be a very hardy girl. I never dreamed she would or could recover, but by herself in a temporary run in the garage, she is chirruping away quite cheerfully, and the awful wound appears to be healing.
She is a mixture of Cream legbar and white Leghorn. I'm still waiting for the eggs as she was attacked vey badly, and is still in recovery - only a baby, she is pre POL.
The attack was severe and directly to her head, a miracle she is still with me. I think she must be a very hardy girl. I never dreamed she would or could recover, but by herself in a temporary run in the garage, she is chirruping away quite cheerfully, and the awful wound appears to be healing.
valeriebutterley
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Hello Icemaiden,
the attack was by either one or more of her pen mates. I didn't realize how young she was, and with her Leghorn chum from the breeders, integrated them after about three weeks. The breeder said she was younger than the Leghorn, but did not say by how much.
My fault, it shouldn't have happened, the Leghorn was not attacked, and is accepted, apart from the odd dust up. Sweetie, I now realize, is much younger, and probably unable to defend herself.
Anyway she is a great little girl, pretty, pure white and crested, like the one in the pic. on the forum.
I didn't worry too much about her, because the little monster bit me when I transferred her, the bruise lasted well over a week, and was HUGE!
Lovely though my layers are, they did their level best to take her head off!!!
All seems well, hopefully, now.
the attack was by either one or more of her pen mates. I didn't realize how young she was, and with her Leghorn chum from the breeders, integrated them after about three weeks. The breeder said she was younger than the Leghorn, but did not say by how much.
My fault, it shouldn't have happened, the Leghorn was not attacked, and is accepted, apart from the odd dust up. Sweetie, I now realize, is much younger, and probably unable to defend herself.
Anyway she is a great little girl, pretty, pure white and crested, like the one in the pic. on the forum.
I didn't worry too much about her, because the little monster bit me when I transferred her, the bruise lasted well over a week, and was HUGE!
Lovely though my layers are, they did their level best to take her head off!!!
All seems well, hopefully, now.