Langshan Thread!!!

[rodriguezpoultry]

I have searched and searched and have failed in trying to find the thread where we were all posting our Langshan pics.

So this thread is a secondary thread. Because I'm pretty sure there was another Langshan thread.

This thread is for everyone to post photos of their Langshans! Bantams, large fowl, black, white, blue, splash (I LOVE splash...). ALL of them!!!

I'll post photos later, but I need to see some Langshans!

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Forget the rest of the breeds and go with Langshans!

Here are "some" of mine!

Poor Clyde is molting in this photo:

Broodiness runs rampant:

Clyde cuts loose:

 

[Exo]

As he grows, I truly begin to think it's a roo...still a good guy but already protecting his girls hahha We will see...

 

[CallMeMealworm]

This girl has an interesting story. I bought some eggs from a farmer who said these were Langshans. I'm assuming that's what she is. She was the only one to hatch. At first, I thought she was a boy. I even named her 'Big Boy.' lol
As time passes, I'm still not sure if she's a boy or a girl. People seem to think she's a girl.
None the less, here she is. She was hatched about 10/18/20.

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

Hi everyone,
I’m a first time langshan owner, but have other chicken breeds. My langshan chick was born roughly 2 weeks ago. I was wondering about their temperament, hardiness, when they can go outside, etc.
Thanks
-ChickenWhisperer101
This is my Langshan ‘waffles’ at 1 week old

 

[Skyleen13]

Here’s some of my langshan flock I’ve raised! I love this breed. Was turned onto it by accident. A local breeder had some extra roosters that he was retiring from his breed stock so new young blood could be added to the mix. I wanted a rooster but I got lucky/unlucky with my chicken math & all 12 of my straight run mixed chicks ended up being pullets! I contacted him & told him I would love to add him to my flock where he could “retire” with a flock all his own. The guy was elated. He was totally expecting all his boys to wind up in the pot. To help me out more he sold me 2 older langshan hens to go with him. Both gals have since passed but both gave me some very adorable babies & daddy is very much the gentleman. He’s now 4 going on 5 & still the top cock on the block. One of his very few sons is his beta rooster & he keeps him in line. Both are tough as nails & have even killed a raccoon in defense of their ladies! I love the breed & will always have them in my flock from now on.

 

[3KillerBs]

Oops,

I forgot to say, you should consider your soil when considering whether feathered feet are a good choice or not.

Feather-footed chickens do best in areas that are well-drained and/or sandy. Sticky clay isn't good for feathered feet because the mud builds up on the foot feathers and causes problems.

 

[TillyD]

Not to be overly dramatic or anything... But my 10 week old Croad Langshan babies are the most beautiful chicken I've ever seen!

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Got some updated photos. I must say...the blue is coming along nicely, but the black will be something to behold when he's older!

Blue Boy:
6.5 months:

Blue vs. Black:

The patriarch in his turkey-glory! (I didn't go into his pen because it was too muddy...I was only wearing sandals. Had to hose my feet off as it was...)

 

[thorleif]

I will disagree with you there, when you say the egg-color is not mentioned in early writings about the breed. In AC Croads book I found mentionings two places straight away. On the top of page 30 she writes: "they were due even in that case to the Langshan parentage, rather than the other.
The Silky also lays a pinkish egg ; and where not brown, that is the colour of the
Langshan's egg". On page 90 you can also find: "Another equally important addition to our ranks is Mr. G. Mander AUender, of the Aylesbury Dairy Company. In
January, 1887, Mr AUender sent an account of the poultry kept
on the Company's farm at Horsham to " Live Stock Journal." He
gave the highest place as a generally useful fowl to the Langshan,
he said they kept them in larger numbers because they found
them on the whole more profitable than any other breed of fowls ;
he pointed out that " although the Langshan did not lay a large
egg, it gave one that was very acceptable, its beautiful and varied
tints rendering it an ornament to the breakfast table."
There are a few other mentionings of the phenomen other places, and in other old boks as well.
When Mikaela first showed me the same photo as you can see a bit earlier in this thread on Facebook, I answered:
" Purple is not the right color, peach is more like it. The color (dusting, like on a plum) is strongest after the egg is laid, and if you collect a few, you will notice you fingertips gets slightly colored. Showing eggs is quite a big sport over here. To breed for egg-color is quite complex, but can be done, if you have enough room to do so, as you usually end up with a lot of strains on your way to do so, especially if you breed birds for showing as well. When you breed for geno-type (which is the all-important way forward to preserve and improve the breed) you will end up with a small number of hens that lay better than the others. You will then notice that a small number of these also lay a more plum-colored egg than others. Very often these are also the best-looking birds for type and stamp. Eye color and under-foot color is very important NEVER to forget in building these strains. Combs and wattles, not so important at that stage of building strains. Just avoid allowing them to become too big. By just breeding from the best stamped hens, that lays best, and also has a fairly good color on the egg, and of course keep the best cocks from the best strains you build up, you will notice improvement in everything, as the genes in the Langshan is VERY strong, and they will kick in more and more often, but it takes time, as nearly nobody has bred like this over the last 100 years. It is easier with blacks than with whites from a white strain. Example: I ignored most smaller faults, and created a strain of whites that fairly regular produced hens that laid an average of 200 eggs a year, and by selective breeding also grew in size, type and fertility. The egg-color was too light, but you could spot that peacy/plumcolor on more and more eggs, even if that was not the aim of building that strain. But the genes are so strong, when you improve the breed as a whole, and keep the old values, it will fall into place. Of course, you shall then breed side-strains that you breed show-birds from, but you will then be using slightly different criteria, because in breeding for showing, you often end up going for pheno-types, and even if you end up with a few stunning individuals, dont get tempted to use them in building your main geno-type strains. You will end up with 6-8-10 strains by starting this, so it is a good idea to involve another person (or more) that wants to breed like you. The American Langshan is clearly bred just like the Croad type, the Modern Langshan was was a different type again, but was true Langshans, just bred systematiccaly for different looks. They looked like they were going to become a main breed, but, they fizzled out over the years, and are now almost disseapeared. All of the above will also be good breeding-systems for the Bantams, but type is even more important here, as they are a new, fairly composite breed, with a fairly small proportion of true Langshan in them, so the genes will not be quite as strong as you find them on the large fowl."
I am sorry I do go on a bit, but I am so passionate about the preservation and improvement of the breed, I hope they will bury a nice Langshan with me when the time comes, that will give the archeologists of the future something to think about?