Oh they are lovely girls:love
Beautiful eggs too.
Thank you for updating the thread, often we get left hanging and never get to find out how things went:)
I would hazard a guess that the eggs would be tinted brown - now how brown, who knows! It will be interesting to find out - so post some photos when they come into lay :)
It depends on where they actually came from - that's where some of the confusion is - at least for me LOL I've been following this thread since the beginning.
Like Townline has them listed as Partridge Rock X Sussex which in my mind would mean brown eggs, but looking at their photos and...
Her crop looks "Pendulous". It could turn sour. For a chicken that young, I would work on getting that corrected now to see if the crop will go back to normal size.
Is she still inside or have light all night?
I would check her crop at night, then re-check first thing in the morning before...
:lol: Love it!
The descriptions are interesting on that website. I do see they have a few "crosses"? from Czech Republic. I don't think I've every really looked at their birds much since minimum order is what 15? That's too many for me to order at a time. I wouldn't mind trying out some...
:idunno I don't know! I had to read that hatchery description several times to make sure I wasn't mistaken LOL
I'm no breed guru so maybe someone like @Gray Farms can explain a bit?
Most feed stores, order from a hatchery - ask them where the got the chicks.
Towline Hatchery has "Pearl Star Leghorns" which is a cross between Partridge Rocks and Sussex. https://townlinehatchery.com/product/pearl-star-leghorn/