Brown Leghorns: Pics, Info, and Resources

[flowerfaeiry]

Also, its a roo if the comb is red and a pullet if the comb stays yellow. The girls comb gets red about time of lay.


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[trueblue1]

Chicken Math has struck us for the last time this season ....in February we started our flock with 12-3 day old buff brahmas, next in March 6-3 day old banties, then the beginning of April 6-5 day old red sex links, and now 6-3 day old brown leghorns.... oh yeah we've lost our minds

Here's our new little beauties...

Totally by accident I was able to recognize that I have 1 cockerel. He had a dirty bottom so I did the normal cleaning process with a warm wash cloth and as I was pat touching the vent area I noticed a little thing (don't know what the chick male part is called) peek out of his vent. So I grabbed the rest and repeated this process and none of the others had the little point thing inside the vent. My hubby thinks I'm chicken crazy!!!!

 

[Alaskan]

Yeah! What fun.

 

[rfreedlund]

Here's our new little beauties...

I think this picture might have helped me figure out who my mystery chick is. I just received my order of 50 chicks today (a number of different breeds), but when I was counting my combination of White Leghorns and Austra-Whites (there should have been 10) there were only 9. I thought maybe I got shorted a chick, but when I counted all of them I did have 50. Of the other 41 (20 australorps, 10 RIR, 5 cuckoo marans, 2 barred rock, and 3 (amauracana, americauna, easter egger???) I had one that looked unlike any others and she (should be) looks very much like the ones in the picture above. She has the same coloring and the same brown stripe down the head and back. I wonder if instead of 5 White Leghorns (or 5 Austra-Whites as it's hard to see all the black flecks this first day), they stuck a brown one in for one of the others. I will be anxious to see. Thanks for the picture.

 

[Alaskan]

Some easter eggers hatch with the same brown stripes as the brown leghorns.

That chipmunk stripe is the 'wild type' chick color. So there are a few other brown breeds that start with the same cute chipmunk chick coloration.

It is fun to try to figure out the different chicks when they arrive.

 

[rfreedlund]

We'll have to wait and see I guess to know for sure if it's Brown Leghorn or Easter Egger. I had carefully planned my purchase (minus the 2 Barred Rock and 3 Easter Eggers that were an impulse purchase to make 50), and now I am going to still have to wait a bit to figure out what all I have. It makes it fun, though.

 

[trueblue1]

Sadly one of my leghorns passed away...I did what I could to help it but I believe it was beyond help. Thankfully the other 5 are strong and healthy...

My Question:

3 of the 5 are showing combs. Is that an indication of males? Or do males mature slower than females and those are females?

I have Brahmas and the male matured way slower than the females.
Thanks

 

[Alaskan]

Sadly one of my leghorns passed away...I did what I could to help it but I believe it was beyond help. Thankfully the other 5 are strong and healthy...

My Question:

3 of the 5 are showing combs. Is that an indication of males? Or do males mature slower than females and those are females?

I have Brahmas and the male matured way slower than the females.
Thanks

Often the males gets their feathers more slowly, but their combs more quickly.

So, I would guess that you have 3 boys.

 

[rfreedlund]

Some easter eggers hatch with the same brown stripes as the brown leghorns.

That chipmunk stripe is the 'wild type' chick color. So there are a few other brown breeds that start with the same cute chipmunk chick coloration.

It is fun to try to figure out the different chicks when they arrive.

Thanks for the reply. It definitely is one of my Easter Eggers. I was given an extra Rhode Island Red in place of the White Leghorn or Austra-White. There is still so much to learn!! I will try the Brown Leghorns later on!

 

[trueblue1]

Often the males gets their feathers more slowly, but their combs more quickly.

So, I would guess that you have 3 boys.

Oh sweet baby j!!!!!

I looked again and they all have combs!!!! No way I have 5 cockerels!!!

Any thing else I can do to tell the difference? They all have tail feathers, a pinkish colored comb. They are 16 days old.

Edited: Ok I looked again and the 2 with the most prominent combs, their wing feathers and back feathers have a slight curl to them.