Ever seen a bearded hen with poults?

[catman529]

I haven't. Just thought of it today because I saw one hop onto a fence by the road, and she had no babies.

I think I remember people saying on here a year or two ago that they haven't ever seen a bearded hen with poults.

I'm sure they biologically can have babies, but has anyone here seen it?


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[8 POINTS OR BETTER]

Yes we had one a couple of years ago had 5 poults.

 

[AllOutdoors]

Never seen one. Not saying it can't happen. But I have seen several bearded hens and they have never had poults.

 

[PalsPal]

No, but they do have them. In fact, the myth is that bearded hens produce multi-bearded gobblers.

https://books.google.com/books?id=P6IsX ... ts&f=false

 

[stik]

there was one behind my parent's house for several years and she always had little uns.

 

[catman529]

I wonder why they have poults less frequently.


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[PalsPal]

I wonder why they have poults less frequently.

:?: They don't!

From my link above:

"Bearded hens have no reproductive abnormalities. They can incubate clutches and raise poults like other hens"

 

[catman529]

I wonder why they have poults less frequently.

:?: They don't!

From my link above:

"Bearded hens have no reproductive abnormalities. They can incubate clutches and raise poults like other hens"

ok let me rephrase, I wonder why people don't see bearded hens often with poults


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