Farm chatter

[CluckNDoodle]

where are you getting these emotes

Here are a bunch of my favorites. I need to update the article though.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/an-emoji-for-every-occasion.75539/

 

[CluckNDoodle]

He's gorgeous!

Thanks!

 

[ackie]

okay so I looked up brown leghorns on mcmurray and they're listed as "medium white" egg layers at a "good" productivity

whereas white leghorns are "large white" and "best"

hmm

I also looked up RIR and they're "large brown" "best".

the cream legbars (is that the same thing as CCL?) "medium blue" and "fair" which sounds way less good

 

[black_cat]

@CluckNDoodle I just realized that I know nothing about you aside from you like peppermint candy canes.........what kind of birds do you raise? What breeds? How big is your flock? What other animals?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

okay so I looked up brown leghorns on mcmurray and they're listed as "medium white" egg layers at a "good" productivity

whereas white leghorns are "large white" and "best"

hmm

I also looked up RIR and they're "large brown" "best".

the cream legbars (is that the same thing as CCL?) "medium blue" and "fair" which sounds way less good

Yes, CCL are Crested Cream Legbars and they're ok layers. All of my Leghorns have been satisfactory layers, White more so. If you want a production blue egg layer get a Whiting True Blue, they out lay the Leghorns by a mile. They're egg machines.

 

[black_cat]

okay so I looked up brown leghorns on mcmurray and they're listed as "medium white" egg layers at a "good" productivity

whereas white leghorns are "large white" and "best"

hmm

I also looked up RIR and they're "large brown" "best".

the cream legbars (is that the same thing as CCL?) "medium blue" and "fair" which sounds way less good

Tillie's eggs are definitely large, white, and she's the best (in general and at egg laying) so I think it's an accurate description. I"ve heard RIRs can have some personality issues and be aggressive, so I try to avoid them.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

@CluckNDoodle I just realized that I know nothing about you aside from you like peppermint candy canes.........what kind of birds do you raise? What breeds? How big is your flock? What other animals?

I'm an enigma wrapped in a riddle.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Tillie's eggs are definitely large, white, and she's the best (in general and at egg laying) so I think it's an accurate description. I"ve heard RIRs can have some personality issues and be aggressive, so I try to avoid them.

If you have all RIRs they're fine, but I have to agree, sexlinks and RIRs are grumpy toward other breeds.

 

[ackie]

I'm apprehensive about anything that lays frequently enough to be high risk for reproductive issues

and I'm hoping to stay away from white because free range

 

[CHlCKEN]

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