Yep, Nessy. There are a number of breeds with short combs. The Ameraucanas have pea combs, which are short. Our tall-combed girls can get frostbitten combs in winter. Coating the ends of their combs with petroleum jelly does a great job of preventing that for the most part. If they lose a bit of tissue on the tips, it heals fast and the combs just keep growing in spring. Otherwise, they are all very cold-hardy birds.
If we call it a bubbler and you call it a bubblah, maybe we can sweep the nation and get rid of that silly "drinking fountain" name.
Joe, we usually try to choose what we think of as grandma or little old lady names for them. We have named many after our favorite grandmothers or great aunts, etc. There are a few exceptions. One of our Buff Orpingtons is named "Ginger" because her color was pretty rich. We then felt we should go for the Gilligan's Island reference and name the other Buff "MaryAnn." I named the Rhode Island Red "Wilma" after Wilma Flintstone, who had red hair. You can see what an intellectual feat this all is.
I have loads of wild turkeys on my land every day, 330. No need to buy any!
Beav, eggs from free ranging birds taste entirely richer. I don't know what you've tried, but maybe you bought some "farm eggs" from chickens that don't free range and eat only commercial feed? People get fooled into that all the time. The taste, nutritional value (and appearance) of an egg is a direct result of what goes into a chicken. Also, all wild and farm-raised animals eat food where they find it or where it is fed to them. I've never seen any chickens that directly and purposely eat their own crap. Wait - did you turn into some kind of a VEGAN????? I know you like to sit behind your computer and throw darts over the internet, but you don't even sound like the Beav I know and love.
Boco, I doubt chickens ever become Coprophagic. That seems to be a disorder found most often in malnourished dogs.
Have a great one.
