are these leghorns or white rocks?

[hawtchick]

ok, so I had assumed I have leghorns, since I was told that was what the grain store had given me, but my girls lay brown eggs, not white. I also thought my roo was a leghorn, but when I have seen white rock roos he seems to be thicker like them. He's a stocky guy.

anything I need to look for or are the eggs the dead give away. I am new at this and I am trying to learn as much as I can. thanks!!

Jess

 

[Chicken Freak]

The eggs are definately a dead give away. They are either White Rocks or White Rock Crosses.

 

[littleridgefarmer]

Sounds like a dead giveaway on the eggs honestly. White Rock are good layers of brown eggs. Do you have other leghorns?

 

[hawtchick]

Nope, no other leghorns. I just always thought they were leghorns until I read that leghorns lay white eggs, then I realized I was misinformed.
We have a NH red and some golden comets (are those red sex links?) Not the NH but the GC?
This is all new to me.
thank you.
jess

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Leghorns have white earlobes, which (oddly enough) in most chickens indicates that they will lay white eggs. I think there is only one exception to this rule.

What color earlobes do your hens have?

 

[Smartie_Pants]

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Golden Comets are a type of red sex link, yes.

 

[Pinky]

I think white leghorn hens have combs that flop over right.Someone correct me if I have mistaken.I don't have a clue about rocks though.

 

[jossanne]

A laying leghorn pullet will have a big red comb that flops over. She'll have white earlobes, and a thinner, finer body than a rock. She'll have yellow legs that turn white after she's been laying for a while. Her tail will be longer than a white rock's, and when she's standing alert, the feathers will make a vertical fan. They're beautiful, and very different than a white rock, whose body will be thicker and fluffier, with a much smaller tail and comb, and red earlobes.

But the eggs are definitely a giveaway. Leghorns will never lay brown eggs, not even brown leghorns

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[gckiddhouse]

my experience with buying chicks at a feed store is similar. I thought I was buying brown leghorns and cal. whites (1/2 leghorn 1/2 cal. gray). I thought this because that is what they told me at the feed store. What I ended up with was 1 cal. white, 2 sex links (one of which turned out to be a roo) and 3 speckled sussex (not brown leghorns)! They didn't have a clue what they were selling me. From another store, I got "Ameracaunas" which lay cream eggs. obviously they are not true Ameracaunas, but easter eggers.
Not only did I not get what I was told (which turned out to be fine), but some of the chicks were sick and made others sick. Several died, etc.. I would not buy chicks at a feed store again. They don't know what they are doing. Both feed stores were very reputable and lots of people recommended them.
Anyway, all that to say, I am not surprised that you didn't get what you thought you were getting.
Enjoy your white rocks!

 

[Smartie_Pants]

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To be fair, all hatcheries call their EE's Americanas or Auracanas, and feed stores get their chicks from hatcheries. So the employees probably thought they were Americana's.