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Preferably a Red Sexlink, just because I also keep Black Copper Marans so its easier to count what I have in a mixed flock if I don't have to differentiate between the Marans and Black Stars, but really, I don't have color requirements. Goal is more to "simulate" an ISA Brown, and see if I can...

I understand what you are saying, but my goals here are hobby-experimentation and adding production leghorn into the mix. I already breed black sexlinks with my New Hampshire + Barred Rocks, but I want to experiment with getting some leghorn into a line, and the way the ISA brown is created...

I am not sure how to search for this, so if a good thread already exists, I'm happy to read it. I want to use my white production leghorns, in some combination, to produce a sexlink (the goal is a layer with some production leghorn in it). I understand basic "sexlinking" at a high level (male 2...

Ok, if you feel it is related, I respect that. I just had a hard time following it. Maybe its because I scanned a good portion of it and should re-read. If others feel it is of relevant value, don't let me bully you out of the thread.

That didn't go over my head. Since I've never met you, I'm not sure how to take it. Aaaanyway... There is "on-topic chicken talk" that may be hard to follow, and then there is off-topic which should be in a new thread, in my opinion. In the spirit of quoting from past discourse, I'M having...

It seems to me that the thread has converted to a discussion about other breeds. I'd like to keep the topic on Leghorns and move Sussex or whatever to a different thread.

That's because the thread has evolved. When I initially posted it, I lacked experience breeding for anything but egg production, and also didn't have an eye for the various faults. In the course of this thread and hatching a generation, and buying the APA standards book, I've learned a lot, and...

Does anyone have any Single Comb Whites, Reds, Browns, Blacks or Buffs that would be willing to sell me some chicks or eggs? I am getting some Rose Comb chicks from RCLeghorn, but also looking for SC.

You can't be much more lowly than me, so don't feel alone. :) That is why I posted the thread, to get feedback from more experienced breeders. Hopefully I can keep the chip off my shoulder long enough to listen. I've been raising birds for many years, but only in the last 5 years have I...

Awesome. I have to remind myself that tone isn't communicated well on the Internet. Sorry! Yes, to answer your question, its because I both have some light browns on hand, plus had access to some better leghorns (buff and light brown) that I was considering.

Look, everyone here has been helpful. So no need to start squabbling about words. Emails / posts don't communicate emotion very well. When I say >> I didn't say I _wanted_ to mix colors. I asked "what about it" my intent is to gain information. I am still looking for an answer on that, so...

You sounded condescending to me, so I responded a bit defensively. >> "Why would you want to mix colors? That read as a rhetorical question, intended to communicate something to me. Whether it communicated what you intended is anyone's guess. I took it the way it appeared. If you don't...

PS: Funny thing, I emailed the guy who sold me the 2nd leghorn eggs, and he said the father, and most of the birds he hatches have a good, straight comb, and that the flop comb showed up 2 out of 40 chicks last year. (I assume he meant 40 rooster chicks because I'd hope it would show up more on...

I didn't say I _wanted_ to mix colors. I asked "what about it" because I was pondering the prospect of taking a colored bird I already had, or had easier access to, and making a white that was a better body type, for the purpose of showing. I've done it in the past (crossing colored birds with...

Agreed, on the other hand, not everyone gets satisfaction from simply buying better birds to replace birds they have had for years; I want my production leghorns selected for laying ability above all. Production leghorns have been in our family for more than a generation (not the same physical...

Ok. Keep in mind this is a production line, and I don't want the egg aspect to suffer. I had hoped to improve my production line within reason while still maintaining hens that lay 6 days a week, and sometimes 7. I think I'm in a better state this year compared to last year as that original...

Thanks! I also have a 2nd rooster from a separate line that came from eggs I bought last fall after I started this thread. Unlike my other roosters that have a large upright comb (which I am trying to reduce a bit over time, as you see in the comparison picture above), this new one has a...

Anyone ever averaged more eggs than hens over 2 or more days? A few weeks ago I got an order for 75 leghorns so I merged 8 hens from 3 other coops into a breeding pen with a new rooster and within a few days I noticed my total leghorn egg count increased. First few days I'd collect about 6 eggs...

I thought it would be fun to see whether I could improve on this guy, so after posting this thread last year, and learning more about judging my birds, and these specific faults like oversize comb and squirrel tail, I decided to hatch out a few batches of eggs and select the best. I produced...

1) Does anyone know any particular Barnevelder breeder with a line with good dark egg color? I'd like to maintain a line for dark egg color, with conformance as secondary. 2) What tags do you recommend? I tried the plastic leg bands (the kind that are coil around) and those fall off too easy.