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[vickichicki]

Yup, you got duped like me. Those are White Rocks. That's your culprit.

Well.... hmph..Y'know I never even second guessed it.. Saw the chicks turning white, immediately said Leghorns and that's what they have been. If I had known that I would have fattened them up and took them to the poultry fest (which I wanted to do ever since it was announced it was happening) but DH said no, we keep the Leghorns to add to the laying flock.

On the positive side, they were given to me so I had no expectations and the girl did not remember what she had gotten. Guess it could have been worse... They could have all been roosters

 

[bradselig]

I didn't want to go back and find he posts, but I have actually had people from a reptile forum send me poop in the mail to check. I was blue to put my camera up t the eye piece and get pics of the parasite eggs for them. Lets just say, my mailman had to HATE driving around all morning with those packages in he car!

 

[vickichicki]

yup, I agree. Look like Plymouth rocks. Both my rocks started laying this past week. Man are they small pullet eggs lol.

After the colour I noticed how small the egg was.. Compared it to my bantam cochin and it was a hair bigger, got another 'spare' egg today, just a little bit bigger


1, Spare egg (first day)
2, Bantam cochin
3, Spare egg (todays)
4, EE
5 RIR

I guess we have been spoiled by the girls huge eggs.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

oooooh ccccccchickens! i wouldnt be wishing for winter just yet. then we'll all be trying to fight wind chills and snow drifts!

lol. I love the cold, snow, and blizzards. With the indiana weather you never know......

Yea for no flooding right?!? I didn't get so lucky we were working some cattle this morning slopping through mud and puddles the whole time

I'm sure the restaurant we went to for lunch was not pleased to see me walk in

yes, it is good thing it didnt flood, I just dont understand why it didnt. I have had many gas stations not so happy when I walk in, in dirty barn jeans and mud boots! They have a mop!

 

[CRSelvey]

Yup, you got duped like me. Those are White Rocks. That's your culprit.
Those are beautiful birds. I would say yes right now but I have all I can keep now. Maybe tomorrow I will have room. I have two Red Sex-links that might be stew tomorrow. They are bullies.

Hey, I was wondering, are you saying the red sex link hens are bullies or a roo? I'm just asking because my favorite bird is a red sex-link and she's so sweet. The little Appenzellers are adorable!!! I can't wait till they are old enough to lay but they are so much fun to watch right now. LOVE them.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Hey, I was wondering, are you saying the red sex link hens are bullies or a roo? I'm just asking because my favorite bird is a red sex-link and she's so sweet. The little Appenzellers are adorable!!! I can't wait till they are old enough to lay but they are so much fun to watch right now. LOVE them.

I have four red sex links. They are all pullets. It seems like one or two of them always start picking on the new EE girls. One of them will get get on top of an EE every time she gets on the ground and bite and peck her. The EE will run around the the run and the rest will join in and peck at her. It looks brutal to me. I have seen the others peck at them too but not nearly like the sex-links. I really feel sorry for the EEs now. I'm starting to wish I didn't get them.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Well.... hmph..Y'know I never even second guessed it.. Saw the chicks turning white, immediately said Leghorns and that's what they have been. If I had known that I would have fattened them up and took them to the poultry fest (which I wanted to do ever since it was announced it was happening) but DH said no, we keep the Leghorns to add to the laying flock.

On the positive side, they were given to me so I had no expectations and the girl did not remember what she had gotten. Guess it could have been worse... They could have all been roosters

I didn't think otherwise until today. I thought, white chickens, white eggs. Must be leghorns cuz they looked like a regular white hen and nobody said otherwise. I read where some said red ear lobes meant they would lay brown eggs. Then others said that this is not always the case, depends on the breed. Finally found that Leghorns always have white ear lobes and then found that the white rocks have red ear lobes and lay brown eggs. Now that I look at them in the breed forum, they look like mine. I just didn't know what to look for. Never realized that ear lobe color meant anything.

 

[CRSelvey]

I have four red sex links. They are all pullets. It seems like one or two of them always start picking on the new EE girls.  One of them will get get on top of an EE every time she gets on the ground and bite and peck her.  The EE will run around the the run and the rest will join in and peck at her.  It looks brutal to me.  I have seen the others peck at them too but not nearly like the sex-links. I really feel sorry for the EEs now.  I'm starting to wish I didn't get them.

Wow, that is unfortunate! Mine is at the bottom of the pecking order here but doesn't really get harassed. Our EEs are much larger than she is. Im really enjoying them all and I hope they start playing nice for you. If not, I'm sure many of us would be willing to rehome them for you. Their eggs sure are pretty.

 

[bradselig]

I have four red sex links. They are all pullets. It seems like one or two of them always start picking on the new EE girls.  One of them will get get on top of an EE every time she gets on the ground and bite and peck her.  The EE will run around the the run and the rest will join in and peck at her.  It looks brutal to me.  I have seen the others peck at them too but not nearly like the sex-links. I really feel sorry for the EEs now.  I'm starting to wish I didn't get them.

My sex linked where like this as well, however, they were my first. So they were at top of the pecking order and wanted to stay there. They were not very welcoming to new comers. Since they learned to cross the road from the guineas, I gave them to a coworker as I didn't want this years chickens to learn to cross the road as well. It worked, but my oldest chickens still do this to the younger birds. So from my experience it is not necessarily the breed, but rather the current pecking order.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Does anybody have any rose comb brown leghorn hatching eggs for sale? All have been able to find are chicks from hatcheries and I dont want hatchery stock.