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The True Blues we bought from Dr. Whiting (his farm is about four hours from us) were 5.5 months old, and laying like crazy. We brought them home in January -- back of the truck (w/ a cap) and had four or five eggs sitting in the cages when we got home! They are good layers. Eggs start out...

I sure wish Colorado's NPIP vet wasn't so behind. I have 21 Whiting True Blue chicks that I haven't sold yet, but can't ship since no NPIP until next month!

Interesting JR ... you're at 26'. I'm curious at the altitude of some of the poultry keepers out east v. WA state and other western states where you've had better luck.

Oh, I hate to hear that!! As Dr. Tom Whiting said, "eggs roll better downhill". Meaning -- if eggs are laid at higher altitudes, they have a better chance of hatching at lower levels. Here at 8600' above sea level, the eggs hatched are typically more porous than eggs hatched "down below'...

Any gray spots? We have a really pretty white pullet w/ gray flecks -- up until tonight. Went outside to feed, and she was laying outside - dead! April has been an AWFUL month for Whitings!!!

He really is white!!!

Oh, I'm sure they are. Several of the laying hens I got from Dr. Whiting are various shades of white.

According to Dr. Whiting, the sex can be identified by the feathers only if you have certain roosters over certain hens -- if's either slow feathering male over fast feathering hen or the other way around (I can't remember which for sure). They are really cute!

It's hard for me to make out the comb in the first pic, so not sure. But marked similar to some of my girls (I called wheaten, but turns out they may just be white w/ salmon).

I ended up keeping a couple blue pullets, a few whiting greens, and my favorite little pullet. I call her "Dot"

Here is one of the babies I sold last week ... called it a wheaten.

HA!! Hey -- I'm an hour behind you and I've been up messing w/ chickens!!! I'll get a picture of some of the Whiting Green pullets I have (I kept a few back -- I'm going to throw them in w/ my EE roo and see what happens). He's a nice, pretty boy and very fertile.

So -- those hens aren't wheaten after all?? Wow! We have a silver duckwing rooster out w/ "wheaten" (or white and salmon), blue, black, various shades of brown and black pullets. We've had only ONE black hatch, limited number of the "wheaten" or white, and primarily the "chipmunk" w/ a light...

She'll be a wheaten for sure! JR Nash -- can't wait to see pictures!

That white may be a wheaten. My wheaten hens are producing really light yellow babies, but in a week, you may start seeing some tanish/brown markings. Here are some of my wheatens ... the gal on the left is a blue wheaten and the two on the right are the "true" wheaten girls. Start out really...

JR Nash -- you still in Colorado or back in Texas?

If that's what you ordered, my guess - they all are Whitings! They come in all kinds of colors. When Dr. Whiting was developing the breed, he figured it would be fun to have lots of color choices.

We have a bunch in a new incubator that went on lockdown today, but I've had a horrible time trying to keep the humidity level steady in it. S who knows? I sold four Whiting pullets and a rooster to a chicken friend of mine not far from here. She's hatched 19 babies thus far!

Murray McMurray obtained their flock from Dr. Whiting at Whiting Farms (according to Tom Whiting). Now -- if the folks at McMurray did anything or introduced any other birds to their hatchery flock since that time, I have no idea. But they advertise them as Whiting birds, so I doubt it.

Hope you enjoy them as much as we do! (and, incidentally, I know where English is -- very pretty part of Indiana!)