17 week old brown leghorn laid her first egg!

[McChooky]

Congratulations. I too recently added 6 brown leghorns (one died falling off the roost) to my Welsummer flock. They look very similar except the comb & white ears. I am working toward Welsummer breeding for my area. So, I wanted some egg layers that looked similar and easy to distinguish the eggs apart.

Since then, I've really grown fond of them. They remind me of Miss Prissy from Foghorn Leghorn cartoons.

Thank you! I love their combs that lay over like little hats lol. Breeding the white egg layers and welsummers to my cream legbar roosters will give me easter egger chicks.

 

[McChooky]

Thank you! I love their combs that lay over like little hats lol. Breeding the white egg layers and welsummers to my cream legbar roosters will give me easter egger chicks.

I'm sorry you lost one falling on the roost! How sad!

 

[mossyoakpro]

I probably won't be able to keep them in my fence anyway whether they're chased or not.They're flighty little buggers!

I have a large area for them to roam....I had heard they were not very friendly at all. I really just like the way they look and the massive amount of eggs is a plus too.

 

[McChooky]

I have a large area for them to roam....I had heard they were not very friendly at all. I really just like the way they look and the massive amount of eggs is a plus too.

They're friendly as long as I don't try to touch them.I only have one or two that'll let me pick them up.

 

[mossyoakpro]

They're friendly as long as I don't try to touch them.I only have one or two that'll let me pick them up.

I'm used to that...my flock now won't let me pick them up. If one does I have to fight off the rooster because he thinks I'm killing his woman apparently.

 

[McChooky]

I'm used to that...my flock now won't let me pick them up. If one does I have to fight off the rooster because he thinks I'm killing his woman apparently.

Yes the downsides is having to watch your back when you pick up the hens.I have a hen that gets her feet soaked every day and they watch me do it every day like clock work lol

 

[McChooky]

Ridge runner walked up and looked straight in the camera for me today!

 

[Chive]

Ridge runner walked up and looked straight in the camera for me today!

He is pretty! What breed is he?

 

[McChooky]

He is pretty! What breed is he?

Thanks! A crested cream legbar 19 weeks old

 

[McChooky]

One of my Ameraucana's yanked all of Chase's long tail feathers out (they're all the same age) Chase isn't as fast on his feet as Ridge runner but he's bigger.