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Leilani’s Silkie Rooster

Male Chickens Don’t Have Penises

In this engaging feature, Leilani Downing tells us more about her silkies, her adopted rooster and how chickens mate

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Leilani Dowding

Leilani Dowding is an English former model, beauty queen, and television personality known for winning Miss Great Britain 1998 and appearing on The Real Housewives of Cheshire. She is an avid animal lover and lives on a small holding near Derbyshire.
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