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Manningjw said:
Thanks! I got them a bit mixed up. The California grey was produced by crossing Barred Rocks and White Leghorns then selecting out.
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If I had a market for white eggs, I'd consider California Greys!
 
MeanV2 said:
I have one little Leghorn I hatched out last year. Just hatched out some Austra Whites. People around here kill for her eggs!!

Dan
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West Virginia is the greatest place in the world, but.....most folks who were born here think white eggs are of a lower quality in taste.

I will be putting some white eggs in the cartons, after a 'warning' notice and of course, the Austra-Whites generally lay a cream colored egg...easier for them to 'swoller'.

As I've mentioned a few times...this has been a "HOBBY" for over 25 years...if folks won't but them, they can go to Wal mart and buy their 'BROWN' eggs for more than I charge and I'll feed our fresh eggs back to our birds.

Most 'hobbies' aren't so accommodating.
 
hellbender said:
To my understanding it's Black Australorp and only White leghorn to produce Austra-Whites, with the Australorp covering a WL hen. The White Leghorn has few if any peers and it's common knowledge that White Leghorn was used to create the Australorp as well as having a few additional infusions over the years, from what I'm told.

When these Austra-Whites get here, that will be the nearest thing to ever having a White leghorn on this farm. I'm actually looking forward to getting them!
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G'day mate,
it has certainly been suggested that a bit of Leghorn went into the early BA's but the major egg laying influence came from the Langshan. My understanding is that the Leghorn addition was more common in Utility strains rather than Exhibition strains. As U.S. birds are descended from our Utility strains the influence may be stronger in your birds. The BA X Leghorn was a very common Utility chook here for many years.
Cheers Geoff
 
dowgirl71 said:

I'm so excited about my find, today! I selected this little girl (hopefully) from the bin of Australorps. Is she a blue Australorp? The lady selling them thought maybe. Thanks!
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Awesome looking bird! I'm thinking you need to wait a couple or three weeks for the feathers to really all start to grow in, to really know what the feathers colors will all be.
 


Idiots roosted on the ground in our last severe winter storm. Plenty of covered protected roost space and they roosted together on the ground. Hens were fine and comfy inside.

We had them in one side of this coop just for the winter. In southeast Arkansas we rarely heat coops. This was a late unexpected freezing rain storm. Blew right in on them. We also lost a goat nearby. But life goes on. Life and death is a hard lesson on a farm.

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Too bad you didnt notice it . Do you cover this with plastic ? Ours is open air but it is covered with plastic for the winter .
We dont heat coops either . I cant tell from the picture but the coop area looks real small
 

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