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Egg laying machines

silkiechicken
By silkiechicken
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Pros: Egg laying machines

Cons: flighty

They are real producers. Replace them every 2-3 years and you'll have lots of feed efficient egg layers that will supply you with eggs year round even without additional lighting! I buy a new batch every year, keep them for one, maybe two winters, then stew them. Great flavor despite being mostly bones. 

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kinsey228 1/17/12 at 9:52am
I have 3 of these ladies and they lay large white eggs every single day. Mine aren't as flighty as I expected, and act just like my other breeds. I wouldn't have a flock without them !
upthecreek 1/17/12 at 11:51am
who did you get yours from ?
Thanks
silkiechicken 1/17/12 at 1:43pm
They aren't that bad. And part of their flightyness is what let all leghorns escape a dog attack, while two sexlinks got captured. First at your feet first to run. Love them though!
Just get them from feed stores or hatcheries directly.
blueseal 1/17/12 at 1:50pm
excellent layers of white eggs. i have 9 of them myself. 6 of them came from meyer hatchery in ohio. great birds. got them in march of 2011, started laying in june.
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