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My group of chicks from @alohachickens are a month old and I'm starting to see their potential a little better now that they are feathering out. They moved from the brooder to my secure hoop coop a week ago and love having the extra space. I'm excited to watch them continue to grow and feather...

I would be thrilled to take you up on that in spring. I have some extremely broody birds and I've found the best way to break a broody is to give her chicks to raise. How about if I let you know as soon as one starts going broody and we can go from there? Depending on where you are with...

Yes, still 50/50 NHR and Exchequer. Ugh - excited to see the next generation and at the same time hoping they don't recede backwards. I think a couple of the hens may have started to lay recently as I'm seeing a few pullet eggs but don't know who is laying them. But, even if they are laying...

@alohachickens dang it, I just ran into a lady from San Antonio last week at DH's company Christmas party. Mind you, we had each flown to the location of the party so in order to get her to carry them home, the eggs would have to go through security both from here to there and from there back...

Wow! I love that confetti coloring and yes, if we can find a way to transport eggs and trade back and forth, that would be great. I had the same thought that your confetti coloring on my big boys would be stunning. I'll keep you in mind if I know of anyone traveling your way and if you do...

Heya, good to hear from you too! I hadn't taken any pics since the ones I posted earlier this year so I ran out just now to get some updated pics since by now of course they are full grown. As you know, they often lose a lot of their spots in their juvenile molt so I am very, very pleased with...

Howdy - long time, no talk. BYC changed the format and I couldn't find the "where I've posted" option which means I couldn't find the thread. Even tonight, doing a search, it took me awhile :( Last year I did not get anywhere with my project but this year I was able to segregate some hens and...

Remember this guy? Well....I need to get updated pics on him. I'm sad to say he lost ALL his white. He now looks a lot like a NH except that he does still have a lot of spots. However I do have lots of good news. First, my F2s are all a really good size - think heritage (not hatchery)...

Ism't the Isbar a barred bird? My understanding is barring is very difficult to breed out so barred birds are generally not recommended for this project. There have been multiple attempts to add colored eggs to the project and I personally think it would be super cool to have a flashy bird...

Not much new here Draye I'm just waiting for my spring-hatched generation to grow up and start laying. I can hope that happens before winter, in which case I might be able to hatch then. But if they anything like their Exchequer Hen grandparents, they'll be slow to start laying so it won't...

I finally got a pic of the little Leghorn cockerel. I actually think his spots are not as good as in the hen you posted above. And he's the only one of the group with any color at all - the rest are just solid buff.

Oh, that is what the spots on this one cockerel look like though probably not as many. It is storming here today but as soon as I can, I'll get pics of him to share with you.

VERY good info. So are you saying it wouldn't surprise you if these solid buff birds never produce mottled offspring even though their mothers were mille fleur? Looking at them last night I noticed that the cockerel actually does have some white spots. I will try to get pics of them later...

I wasn't planning to hatch any more this season - I sure wish I'd gotten more than just one that looks like this. Sigh on the mille leghorns. Yes and no. It turned out, that pic I posted wasn't the birds for sale - it was the parent birds. And, when I contacted the seller, she said all...

It sure is! Its a pity its a little cockerel and there is only one that looks like this. Still....I will keep him and breed him back to the spottiest of the pullets and see what happens in the next generation.

Okay, the hatch being raised by the broody hens are growing up. There is one I really like. Many have mottling. Here are some pics. This is the one I like best. This one has a lot of spots but all black/white. This is the chick that was chocolate colored as a chick but the wings...

Yesssss - indeed! This has been a crazy year for me so far. I realized my flock is aging and all of my green and really dark chocolate egg layers are at least 3 years old. I figured in a year or two, they'll have stopped laying and all I'll have a boring, brown eggs. So, in addition to...

Unfortunately I'll probably never get a chance to find out The Exchequer Leghorns have been abysmal layers from the get go. They didn't start laying until they were a year old and they are the first to quit and the last to start up again every year. I am down to two hens and I don't believe...

Well, I guess I misunderstood her post. These are the adults. The two in front that I took to be cockerels are actually adult hens (the rooster is not pictured). What she is trying to sell are their chicks. I just agreed to take 10 of them. Yikes!!!! But, they all have yellow feet and are...

A friend of mine mentioned today that she needs to free up some space and wondered if anyone is interested in the following birds. They are mille fleur leghorns. I'm thinking about getting the pullet in the background. She isn't as flashy as the cockerels in the foreground, but definitely has...