azure legs of the cock, etc.

[Van]

Chickens with blue legs

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From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
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Subject: Re: azure legs of the cock, etc.


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> At 6/30/2006 12:16 PM, you wrote:
>>I wonder whether medieval European chickens could have had legs of
>>azure/ blue. The only modern chickens I can clearly recall seeing
>>had red or yellow legs.
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> Fowl at agricultural fairs are of a surprising (to a New York boy
> like me) variety of colors.  But I don't recall the legs.
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> Joel
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