Breeding Buff Leghorns

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Dan, I recieved some Buff Cornish LF from Ideal with my spring order. Sold them when they were about 4-5 months old. Lots of white in the tails. Also recieved some Buff and Buff Columbian Wyandotte Bantams. They had white shanks. Have not heard about their Buff Leghorns.

I recieved some buff Chanters and they are nice. Good even buff color. Will order some more this January.

PS: you could always order some, mate them with your line and cull heavy. You can always eat them all.
 
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Dan, you'd have to go through all the pages and posts of this very interesting topic but I believe that there were postings and even photos from folks that had gotten buff Leghorns from Ideal.
 
Thanks for posting,maybe I will find out something.I went back through all the posts on this topic and did find a chick picture by Jennifer (graciel57)in April of one of ideals Buff Leghorns. Perhaps she has mature pictures now? I wonder where Ideal got the foundation stock for their Buff Leghorns? Many years ago I sold stock in Texas to a Clyde Fondy,but have not heard from him in some time. Those that Keith Bjelland got from Ideal had white and black in tails and wings,plus several shades of buff and red with pale hackles suggesting Danish Brown Leghorn blood.

I am only making comments to learn more about this line to see if they are good layers.I would think that in an order of 100 ,perhaps 6 or 8 could be used, real good egg production has value also.A good new line could be made from such a foundation if done right.
 
If a couple of really good Buff Leghorn Breeders ordered 100 pullets each from Ideal, and culled heavy, they could work together to have a larger gene pool to start this new line with. Then use the best quality male on them. You may get lucky and succeed in the F1 or F2 generation.

Hey Dan, why not call Ideal and ask for Ross. He could tell you what the average rate of lay is or find out. He has always been nice to me and has called me back. My Buff Wyandottes Bantams are of good even Buff color and type is good. A hen has won RV at the last 3 shows. But only one of 10 had yellow shanks. Ross checked it out and has satisfied me. He was also going to locate the white shank roos and eliminate them from their breeding pens. Was very nice about it.

So just call Ross and talk to him. He may end up wanting some of your extra males from the line to mate back to his flocks.
 
Ann did you get to the NEPoultry Congress show?Did you show your Buff Leghorn hen?What were the Mediteranean classes like,what won?Any good seminars there or meet any good breeders?
 
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There was a single Buff Leghorn hen there so maybe that was Ann's. Nice bird, with good even color. Champion Med was a SC White male and Reserve was a SC White female. Both nice. I didn't get much of a chance to look at the Leghorns, but I believe there were also some Light and Dark Browns there.
Tom
 
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Yep, took one hen. I figured she would get DQ'd because of her comb and wattles not being very leghorn looking but the judge did not DQ her. She had no other color competators and thus got the variety and that was as far as she went. I looked over the white leghorns shown, they were some pretty large sized birds which surprised me. The tail feathers looked longer in proportion on the females compared to my buff. Should we be breeding for long tails on females?

I will look at some spring shows, probably Boston, for the younger birds that were not mature enough for this show.
 
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I would say yes to breeding for size and longer tailed females on the Buff Leghorns. The White Leghorns are your competitors and so must be comparable to them.Generally the Whites are good to compare against.E.Lea Marsh (Pioneer Farm) was a great White Leghorn breeder and often came up to look over my Buffs.He said many of the modern day White Leghorn largefowl were too big and my Buffs were about right.However on the show bench the big ones usually win. I would not worry much as you seldom see Buffs too big,but some are too small.You need the longer saddles and tails in order to get the nice back sweep on Leghorns.Some of the long backed Whites have a break in front of the tail inspite of long tails.Some of the Whites could use a tighter feather for some sections appear a bit loose or fluffy.Some Whites and Light Browns are lacking station and more importantly thigh length,you want to see thigh ,it adds style and gets you away from that squatty look.Too much body fluff affects this also.These are fine points but they do make a difference in general appearance.
 

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