This is me and my rooster Gallo.
His father's father is Plymouth Barred Rock
His father's mother is White Leghorn
His mother's father is Rhode Island Red
His mother's mother is White Leghorn
I am breeding him with Black Australorps, so should get some good layers...
Hi, just saw on kijiji someone has Black Leghorn pullets for sale at Rosenort for $15 each, also a rooster
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-livestock/winnipeg/utility-black-leghorn-pullets/1220910441?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
Actually I just posted this link I found to a scanned copy of a book from the Massachusetts State College Library you can download for free.
George Burnham raised Shanghaes as they were then called for 30 years in Massachusetts prior to writing it. He imported birds directly from Shanghae. It...
Another thing I found interesting was that the early birds had single combs, and some had smooth legs and feet.
This is our first year raising Brahmas. We got them all from the same place, from a Hutterite who bought hatching eggs to test out his incubator. We bought all of them, 3 cockerals...
You're welcome. Lot's of information about both Brahmas and Cochins. It would seem that both breeds originated in Shanghae, and were developed and refined in America and England.
I found a link to a scanned copy of a book from the Massachusetts State College Library you can download for free.
George Burnham raised Shanghaes as they were then called for 30 years in Massachusetts prior to writing it. He imported birds directly from Shanghae. It is he who gave Queen...
My new rooster, Gallo.
He's RIR/White Leghorn on the one side, and RIR/Plymouth Barred Rock on the other.
I'm going to breed him with some of our Black Australorps in the Spring.
I just started a 5 week online course, "Chicken Behavior & Welfare", offered by Coursera:
https://www.coursera.org
It is being taught by the University Of Edinburgh.
It is very in depth, and I've already learned a lot in the first week. You can take it for free without a certificate, or take...
Is anyone raising chickens near Hartney? We rented a house in town, and are looking for some place close by to keep about 15 hens, 2 or 3 roosters,
and a couple of ducks.
I can maybe come help with chores a couple of times a week or something in exchange.
We have Brahmas, Black Australorps, and...