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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'...

Really interesting! I set eggs in three incubators- the Incuview, a Genesis Hovabator 1588 and my Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance. The Incuview chicks hatched early ... due last Wednesday and I saw pipping the Sunday before. The Hovabator was next and the Brinsea last, which seemed to correspond w/...

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!