Langshan Thread!!!

[rodriguezpoultry]

Absolutely. Love that I can tell the differences at that age. Still, I can never choose my breeders until they are mostly grown. It's amazing how much one bird can change in the matter of 7 months.

 

[thorleif]

A big Australian "syndicate" has imported 1.000's of eggs from rare breeds, among them Langshans. The program looks like it must end, as they have found salmonella in ONE of the chicks. Read this link: http://www.foodmag.com.au/news/salmonella-scare-could-see-rare-chickens-slaughter
The Australian Langshan desperatly needs help. I recieved this eMail from the secretary of the Croad Langshan Club in UK today:


Hello -


Suzanne with the vineyard in Victoria alerted me to this yesterday. The destruction order was for today. I've asked her to let me know what happens. In the meantime, I've signed the peitiion - so many people here put so much effort into this - all that money, all that work, and all those precious rare chicks - it's a disaster. There must be something more sophisticated they can do? 'Destruction' sounds like a China solution. Perhaps you'd like to sign

Gloom, Lyn




Hello Lyn,

Here is some more information

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-15/poultry-syndicate-to-seek-court-order-as-rare-quarantined-chick/4820912

http://www.foodmag.com.au/news/salmonella-scare-could-see-rare-chickens-slaughter

Here is the petition they have going:

http://www.change.org/petitions/australian-ministry-for-agriculture-fisheries-and-forestry-stay-of-destruction-of-rare-breed-poultry-on-16th-july-2013?utm_source=supporter_message&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_message_notice

Thanks for your interest,
Suzanne


On 15 July 2013 03:36, Lyn Heigl <[email protected]> wrote:

No I didn't know about this - sounds awful - I can't get on to this site - have tried to register but it has not send me the confirmation email I need to be able to log in.

Presuambly this is the rare breed import thing that some of my top club breeders have been involved in - all that paperwork etc etc - what a waste. I hope the site confirmation will come through at some stage so I can see what it is..

Lyn




On 15/07/2013 09:38, Suzanne Rutschmann wrote:

Hello Lyn,
I presume you have heard of the destruction order on 4000 chicks of the import syndicate here in Australia. There are Croad Langshans there!
Please support this if you can.

More details here: http://forum.backyardpoultry.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=8024236

Suzanne

I dont assume there is much we can do about this, but I think it is important that you all know what is going on in the world.

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[rodriguezpoultry]

thor,

I put my signature on it. Doubtful we can do anything...will be very difficult to change their minds.

 

[BGMatt]

My Blue pullet, around 4 months. The mobile site is not letting me attach, so linkage it is.

http://imgur.com/GKyuQys.jpg

 

[Dirt Farmer]

I like the color on that pullet. I wonder if she will lighten as she grows.

 

[Dirt Farmer]

I like the color on that pullet. I wonder if she will lighten as she grows.

I have no idea why I'm double posting everything. Help!

 

[informative]

The Langshans are about 9 days old now and starting to develop little personalities already. The off-color one with some buff cream colors I call "Mustard" now spends most of her time with the 3 week olds. That surprised me because the two Australorps and one Red Star are pretty active and at times even a little rowdy with one another but Mustard seems to be holding up fine with it.

They all seem very thoughtful, measured, intelligent and good-natured - I've yet to see them mimic the older ones with their "king of the hill" squakery and slapstick.

 

[3KillerBs]

Would you Langshan people be kind enough to answer a question from a chicken newb with one, hatchery Black Langshan?

I thought that Langshans were supposed to be large, tall birds? Mine is by far the smallest chick in my batch of 4-week-olds.

Here are the best pictures I can manage of the little girl with her flockmates. Sorry for the low-quality -- she's FAST.



She goes right in underneath the others to get at the treats.




The others in this picture are an Australorp, a Light Brahma, the tail end of my smaller Dark Brahma in the upper right, and the tail of one of the Big Red Boys (packing peanuts), between the Langshan and the Australorp.




The white blur is a Delaware. The little girl seems to be 100% healthy and active, just a LOT smaller than I expected her to be.

Is this normal for a Langshan at this age? Did I get a random bantam? ???

Thank you.

 

[PetRock]

Would you Langshan people be kind enough to answer a question from a chicken newb with one, hatchery Black Langshan?

I thought that Langshans were supposed to be large, tall birds? Mine is by far the smallest chick in my batch of 4-week-olds.

Here are the best pictures I can manage of the little girl with her flockmates. Sorry for the low-quality -- she's FAST.



She goes right in underneath the others to get at the treats.




The others in this picture are an Australorp, a Light Brahma, the tail end of my smaller Dark Brahma in the upper right, and the tail of one of the Big Red Boys (packing peanuts), between the Langshan and the Australorp.




The white blur is a Delaware. The little girl seems to be 100% healthy and active, just a LOT smaller than I expected her to be.

Is this normal for a Langshan at this age? Did I get a random bantam? ???

Thank you.

Could the size difference be due to the fact that Langshans are a slow maturing breed? I hatched 4 Langshan chicks along with 10 Bresse chicks. The adult Langshans that they came from are much larger than the Bresse roo and his two girls. The chicks are now 6 weeks old and all of the Bresse are bigger than the Langshans. But Bresse are known primarily for their meat and mature much faster. At least, that's my theory as to the size difference of my chicks.

I have another brooder with 10 Bresse chicks that are 4 weeks old. One of them is half the size of the others. I'm watching her closely because she is just not thriving like the other ones. She will definitely not be part of my breeding program and if she survives will be dinner or a pet.

Edited to add that your chicks are adorable!!!

 

[PetRock]

My Blue pullet, around 4 months. The mobile site is not letting me attach, so linkage it is.

http://imgur.com/GKyuQys.jpg

Nice looking girl, BGMatt! She holds her tail up so nicely!