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Hens in the Hills
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Vorwerk

A Vorwerk hen, with a Vorwerk rooster behind

Pure breed

Gold-and-black heritage birds with real presence in the paddock.

Temperament
Active and alert
Size
Medium
Eggs
Cream to tinted
Sexing at hatch
Not sex-linked. When we offer chicks from this line, they're unsexed.
Breeding note
A heritage line currently in the flock.

Photos show the parent birds or particular birds as labelled, not a guarantee that every chick will grow into the same colour.

Other birds

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Copper Marans

Pure breed

Black and Blue Copper Marans, kept for their dark brown eggs and steady temperament.

Buff Orpington

Pure breed

Calm, substantial backyard birds from our current standard Orpington line.

Marpington

Cross

A named cross offered mainly as chicks, from a mating chosen so pullets can be identified at hatch when the markings are clear.

Opal Legbar project

CrossProject line

Opal Legbar × Barnevelder cross · project line.

Birds that mostly look like Opal Legbars, with Barnevelder in their ancestry.

Laced Wyandotte

Pure breed

A colourful laced pen: gold, silver, splash laced red and black laced buff hens with a Gold Laced rooster.