Croad Langshans...anyone know where to find these on the west coast?

[Chook to chook]

Hey there chickenfolk!
My eldest son has his heart on finding one of these gals to round out the color spectrum in our egg layers. They seem like great chickens and we'd love to find one to add to our flock. Anyone have any idea where to find one on the west coast? Thanks in advance!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I checked into them years ago and was told Croads were never imported into the US. They are a UK variety.
If you're in a warm climate, I would definitely check into Penedesencas for a beautiful intense reddish maroon egg.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Hey there chickenfolk!
My eldest son has his heart on finding one of these gals to round out the color spectrum in our egg layers. They seem like great chickens and we'd love to find one to add to our flock. Anyone have any idea where to find one on the west coast? Thanks in advance!

Here’s a link to Poultry Show Central for Langshans for sale. https://www.poultryshowcentral.com/Langshans.html

 

[Chook to chook]

Thanks! It has a few leads. I will definitely follow up.

 

[Chook to chook]

Thanks! It has a few leads. I will definitely follow up.

I was referring to the link...thanks Brahma!

 

[Chook to chook]

Chicken Canoe... are they easier to find? I'd love to have both maybe. Just a matter of finding a place locally that will take back a rooster if that's what we end up with. We aren't zoned for roosters...alas.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Penedesencas are very rare and difficult to find, but at least there are some in the US.
There may be one or two people on the west coast with them. One in Oregon and one in California.
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[Brahma Chicken5000]

I was referring to the link...thanks Brahma!

My pleasure. Happy to help

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Have you seen this information?
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Langshan/BRKLangshan.html

It is my understanding that most langshans don't lay a particularly dark egg.
Look at the following link, especially the part at the bottom of the page.
https://croadlangshan.org/html/eggs.shtml
Note that most of the interesting egg colors are in Australia and the UK.
There are exceptions, but to the best of my knowledge the darkest eggs come from Marans (though not all), Penedesencas are next, then Welsummer, then Barnevelder.
Egg color is something that is easily lost with sloppy breeding. It has to be selected for.
I once bought 3 varieties of Marans eggs from a farm in Ohio. They were supposedly from a couple of famous lines of birds. I was quite disappointed in the color. 2 varieties were quite pale, on a par with Orpington or JG eggs. One variety was pretty dark but not as dark as my eggs. So obviously, the farm didn't select for dark eggs after they acquired those lines of birds and were sending me eggs that wouldn't hatch out birds that would produce dark eggs.
Barnevelder eggs used to be very dark but in selecting for feather color and shape for showing, the dark egg was lost in many lines.
There was a lady in SW MO that had Barneys with very dark eggs but she retired and sold all her birds to a guy in Oklahoma. I think he still has them.

 

[Chook to chook]

Penedesencas are very rare and difficult to find, but at least there are some in the US.
There may be one or two people on the west coast with them. One in Oregon and one in California.
.

Thanks! I'll see if I can locate.