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Posted: Tuesday 25 August, 2009
I think our two cheeps might be hens. That would be good. I'm pretty sure they are both the same sex and they look too fine to be cockerels. Fingers crossed.
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They also look like Light Sussex; the cockerel was Light Sussex and the hen either Light Sussex or ex battery, but I suspect the former.
They're only six weeks, so will be in their run for a while yet.
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