Langshan Thread!!!

[rodriguezpoultry]

So far, 2 blue babies! Whoo-hoo from Little Mister! Makes me wonder though..maybe he really is a splash in disguise!

The breeding so far was black x blue (two of them both blue) and another is getting ready to hatch out. Going to wait until tomorrow to candle the last egg to see if anything is going to pop out of there.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Whoop! 4 so far, 3 blue and 1 black. Beautiful babies!

Anyone else hatching anything?

 

[Illia]

I would be sometime in the future if there's a promise that you'll still be using your partially blind cock.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I will have to start AIing him. He's gone more of the fatherly approach. Crowing, courting, but no breeding that I can see from him. But, I can guarantee that he will never leave my possession!

If nothing else, I still have his son, grandson and great-grandson. His great-grandson is looking good, even at 7 weeks old he's going to be something to behold.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

*Gasp* I was wrong! After the chicks have completely dried, I have 2 whites, 1 blue and 1 black. Very, VERY happy!

 

[Inkheart]

Congrats!!!!

 

[6Happiness]

What do WHITE langshan chicks look like? Are they hatched solid white, or do they have black backs? I'm trying to sort out who lived and didn't in a shipment so I can report that to the hatchery. I have other feather legged breeds so I can't go by that alone (Porcelain Bantam, Sultans, and White and BBS Cochins.). I think I can ID the Porcelain by size but the others I'm not sure about. The hatchery site has picks of the chicks, but they had black backs and I wasn't sure if that was true or a mistake. Can anyone post some photos of white langshan chicks? Thank you

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

These are photos of my white chicks:

When they hatch, I confuse them for black and sometimes blues. They have to completely dry out before I can tell.

 

[6Happiness]

Cute little guys! Thank you for the photos; I am surprised they are black and white, I really expected all white. Hopefully some of the black and white chicks then are Langshans and the white ones should be the sultans, yay!

ETA: one looks like it has a more white head and the other a more black head- is that auto-sexing or just variability?

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

At this point, I believe it is just variability. All chicks that are hatching have varying degrees of white splotches on their heads, some small, some large, some medium...just depends on the bird.