silver leghorn

Once again, I have been affected by that terribly wonderous thing called chicken math. Here's how it's gone so far: 5 rescued BSL chicks -3 died in the night so I had 2 + 7 more chicks we bought a month later. Our total is (9) then + 4 more chicks 6mos later. New total (13). Lose -1 hen to sour...

Does anyone have any Silver Leghorn Crosses? I have some males and just 2 females. Just wanted to know if anyone has crossed these or not because everyone usually has brown or White Leghorn Crosses. Any help or pictures would be very much appreciated!! Thanks!!

I just had several chicks hatch. Father is a purebred Welsummer. Potential mothers include golden campine, silver campine, and silver leghorn. The chick on the right in the first pic was mothered by a RIR, but the black one and the chick in the second pic could be from any of the hens listed...

Hello, I am new to this forum, but my chicks are approx 6 weeks old. They are all happy, with some occasional brawling, but otherwise all has been good! It has been too cold and still snowy to put them outside here. I have two barred rocks, two Rhode Island reds, and two silver leghorns? I’m...

Hi all! So I posted a few weeks back asking how to tell a pea comb from a single comb in young chicks and I think I figured it out! This would be a pea comb correct? As for color genetics, how does the silver gene work? I have 6 mixed chicks out of my own flock and can not remember which eggs...