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I think your Leghorns have a ways to go yet...🤔 but they're not a breed I've ever kept. How old are they?

For comparison purposes I include 2 of my girls coming back on the lay after their winter moult. The 1st is my black Japanese bantam, Chavi. The computer does wash out a lot of the colour but I think you can see she is red, not pink. The red against the black is quite striking when she's in full...

Top & 2nd probably won't change. It's those coming into their 1st season who tend to shuffle around. A lot of the noise is trying to keep track of the flock to rejoing the group unless you have a rooster, who will then do escort duties. The start of the laying season is always noisy here, as...

That's how it works with my girls! 😉 Layers outrank non~layers. Always. Other hens seem to know who's about to come on the lay too. Watch what's happening with your flock dynamics. My Campines are nut jobs when they 1st start laying. They run round the yard screaming their heads off as they...

I agree, she's close to laying. The comb & wattles will become bright red as a hen comes on the lay. You may find she will squat for you & there will be that perceptable widening in the pelvic region. Some hens become very *bokky* when they 1st start laying but that is not a given as some are...