I'll give it a go with more pictures, but my legs are not what they used to be, and my langshans are not the most co'operative models, so it may take a few days. I find they are very similar, and there is a guy in England that keeps Modern Langshans, Croad Langshans, and he also has two strains of American ones, and he says the American and the Croads can be crossed, just be a bit picky with type when you do it. I find, because they are such an ancient breed, they breed so true to type, and the only thing difference is really that the American ones has slightly shorter legs as a standard, but that is very easy to breed in/out? I mean, you get chicks with too long legs sometimes, same as we get some with a bit too short legs? The "Modern Langshan" was created over 100 years ago, they used game-birds to breed in, and they have clean shanks. They are nearly extinct now, but a handfull of serious breeders has them, so there is hope and progress. Cocci, you say? The Croad seems to be restistant against that, never heard of anybody loosing Croad-chicks to Cocci. That is one of the things I love about breeding Croads, I hardly ever loose any chicks, and the breed so true to type that 99.9% can be used for breeding. Years ago, I bred French Marans, and I hated having to cull so hard, and they were prone to so many diseases. The boyo on this picure will be my Sunday dinner. Both his comb and wattles are a bit too large, otherwise he is fairly good. He is 13 months old.
