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Well that certainly makes me feel better. Maybe the answer for me is to find some Brabanter eggs. I'll see if I can find any info on whether this problem has cropped up in Brabanter. Thank you.

Thank you very much for taking the time. I've had quite the difficult time trying to decipher fact from myth about this disease. Typical of the internet, I'm sure. However without the internet I wouldn't have known about these birds anyway. If I had no other birds I wouldn't worry about it and...

Thanks both of you for the Info. But from what I've read (a lot from this thread 2 yrs ago) it *is something that can pass to your other birds, either by chicken poo or direct contact. It's not only spread through hatching eggs together. It's not the Spitz I'm most worried about as the ones I'd...

I've been reading quite a bit of stuff about Lymphoid leukosis in Spitzhauben. Is this truly something to worry about? I'm picking up some adults this week and have a lot of other birds here at home. I *will ask the breeder about it but hopefully someone here will answer also. It's making me...

That's ok, then. I bought them because they make me smile

Thanks, Allen. Turns out you're right. I talked to the guy who bought them from the original owner and he said they're Spitzhaubens. He said he kept the black ones (I didn't realize they even came in black). I really like them-whether they're pure or mixes or whatever they are. The way they look...

Quote: She does look a bit like a cross between Elvis and Elton John ItsAZOO32, I love your Silkie cross. Silkie mixes make some of the coolest looking birds!

Your birds are awesome, I love the black and white. I got 2 hens last night at an auction. I thought maybe they were crossed with Polish because of the lacing along with the 'mohawk', someone mentioned to me it may be Spitzhauben they're crossed with. Here's a picture of one of them, they both...