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I managed to edit in pics finally

Yeah. She's unusual though. We tried it with our rooster, that we thought was a hen, but we got him when he was a few months old, and it didn't work. I'm not sure if it failed because if his age, or because he's a giant numpty, but from what I've read, they do need to be young to have a chance of it working. It still usually won't.

She doesn't go to a single spot, because she can't, but she'll go to the nearest pad that's visually similar to what she's used to. Since she can't hold it in, pads need to be close to where she is. But she'll feel the stuff moving inside her, and at least try to go to one.

I suspect that she is a very atypical chicken in this respect as most of them will never pad train at all. Anywhere I've seen the method discussed, it's always with the disclaimer that it probably won't work.

We've got the marans hen that's all fancy. She's what's called a midnight majesty. That's black feathers that have a green or bluish green shine to them in the right lighting. Absolutely gorgeous.

The tiny volunteer hen is a striated buff color. She's definitely not intentionally bred for color. But she's very pretty. That creamy blonde that tapers back to a dark, almost black tail.

Big boy is what's called partridge. Majestic as fuck. I don't know how to describe it really, but he is amazing to see. In good lighting, he literally glows a little towards his head, and the black feathers have the same green iridescence that the marans has.

I can't get any pictures to upload right at the moment, but I'll try again in a few minutes.

For whatever reason, pics just won't upload right now. I'll try to remember to do it later, but I'm prone to forgetting such things.

volunteer hen

big boy

And baby girl