Langshan Thread!!!

[BroodyHen2012]

What color eggs do Langshans have? Croad Langshans? I heard they are purple. Is that true? Does anyone have a photo of purple eggs?

Sorry this is Not True they lay Light - Dark Brown Eggs

 

[Aspudis]

Thanks for the replies Informative and Dirt Farmer! Dirt, they have only laid two eggs between them and one was a teeny tiny egg about a third the size of the first. Not sure which hen laid them or even if it was the same one. Being the end of winter here and the fact they just moved house, I am assuming thats why they haven't laid many.

 

[Dirt Farmer]

Thanks for the replies Informative and Dirt Farmer! Dirt, they have only laid two eggs between them and one was a teeny tiny egg about a third the size of the first. Not sure which hen laid them or even if it was the same one. Being the end of winter here and the fact they just moved house, I am assuming thats why they haven't laid many.

Sounds like possibly an initial pullet egg. If so, I would guess that at least one of them is at point of lay. For large fowl that would be 6-9 months depending on the line/strain. I'm not that familiar with bantams but generally they mature faster. If they are from the same hatch then one may have just matured a little faster than the other.
If the tiny egg had a tiny yoke, then it was a pullet egg. If it just had a small piece of tissue at its center, then it was a wind egg, also called a rooster egg. I've seen this where a small piece of tissue from the ovary gets the egg started. The egg is usually even smaller than a pullet egg, about the size of a medium grape.

 

[Flowerbh]

Don't forget to watch Larry the Cable Guy...."Only in America" tonight. He is going to visit Cackle's Hatchery. Should be fun.

 

[BGMatt]

Don't forget to watch Larry the Cable Guy...."Only in America" tonight. He is going to visit Cackle's Hatchery. Should be fun.

Thanks for sharing. Wonder what all they'll show. Hopefully won't sugar coat and try to paint hatcheries in a good light.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Do you know what channel that's on?

 

[BGMatt]

Do you know what channel that's on?

History Channel

 

[Chickengirl1304]

One of my 13 week old croad girls! Love her!

 

[ChickieWickies]

Is there a typical age that Langshans become broody?

 

[BGMatt]

Is there a typical age that Langshans become broody?

Mine always went broody in late summer/early fall for whatever reason.