My Whiting True Blues, some over three years old now and new ones ordered this year are all great for me! They may or may not have beards/muffs, pearl or single combs, all sorts of colors and patterns, with white or mostly white as well as all other chicken colors. They are a bit more skittish than other varieties in my flock but not bad and some are very friendly. They have performed well as layers of from medium to large eggs, mostly large as full adults. A few lay olive eggs, however , most lay "baby" blue or pale blue eggs. They are easy on the feed for their very good production as compared to other breeds I have raised. Two of the WTB's look similar to smaller Welsummers in color and the chicks looked like chipmunks in color with stripes down their backs. All my white ones have at least one spot of color usually gray/black somewhere on them. My personal favorites among the WTB's are the blue gray ones and the gold spangled ones as to colors. I have been satisfied with them as a whole and they produce larger and more eggs than my other blue/olive layers I have had previously as a flock. They add a lot of variety and interest to my coops/runs, and most visitors like one of them the most for appearance over my current breeds, Welsummers, Buff Orpingtons, Black Minorcas and Pearl White Leghorns. My Welsummer Roosters are noble and great looking roosters and are my favorite overall for appearance and good flock leaders without being aggressive to me at all ,usually. All , my current flocks originated from Murray McMurray Hatchery and many others back to 1976/77. I have ordered chicks from many other sources. I have never had a bad flock from them and only a few duds after receiving them from the USPS. I have not raised up any WTB's from chicks hatched here on the Farm ,yet.
Betty just turned 4 and is still a great layer!
