Next thing we knew, we owned his broodpair and their offspring: In total, seven cocks and six hens. We concluded that these birds would make a nice additional to our gamefowl project: beautiful birds that could survive well on New England’s free range. Winter 2013-14 was very harsh and many of his birds of other breeds had lost combs and toes, but all the Whitehackles - every single one - had these appendages intact. We looked them over and were greatly impressed with their hardiness. In early 2014, we were contacted by a “neighbor,” a gamefowl breeder on New Hampshire’s seacoast, whose Whitehackle broodpair had been exceptionally prolific, asking about our interest in buying it and its offspring. Its acquisition, like many of our others, was an accident. In addition to our Hulseys and Flarry Eye Greys, Appleworm™ Orchard has a select trio of Morgan Whitehackles.
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