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The five young Pekin bantams have arrived from Sue!
Pekin bantams are small, have feathery feet and are always big in the character stakes. We have missed our old favourites Mrs Boss and Mrs Squeaky for quite some time now so imagine our delight when Sue offered us five baby Pekins a couple of weeks ago. They were hatched at Easter so are two months old. “I either have two girls and three boys or the other way around. They are grey, buff and black.” “Ohh! Yes please.” Sue emailed us photos of the five youngsters. “I want to name one Prudence.” Said Danny glancing up from the laptop...
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