Langshan Thread!!!

[Finnie]

This year I am controlling the humidity better. I'm keeping it in the 20s and 30s for the most part, and then raising it to 65 for lockdown. Last year I was incubating in my garage, and we had some humid weather, and even without adding any water, the humidity was way too high. Most of those chicks drowned in goop when they started zipping. For me, keeping the humidity very low until lockdown has resulted in excellent hatch rates this year.

 

[Dirt Farmer]

So the count is 2 black, 8 blue, 5 splash, and 2 that are either splash or light blue. They are the cutest little fluff balls!!!

I think you willed them to be Splash, threw off the math.

 

[Finnie]

What do you guys use to band your Langshans? I've been using zip ties, but I feel like they get caught in the feathers. Is there a kind of band that works better for the feather legged breeds?

 

[PetRock]

What do you guys use to band your Langshans? I've been using zip ties, but I feel like they get caught in the feathers. Is there a kind of band that works better for the feather legged breeds?

I use mainly zip ties, also. I know that some people use toe punches and others use wing bands. I do have numbered plastic leg bands for my adult birds in my breeding pens. But I have found that they sometimes come off.

 

[andreanar]

Well, I found this thread and hope I can get an opinion from ya'll that are familiar with langshan. I have this young bird that I thought was cochin, but its leg feathering seems too thin and its tail carriage seems too

high. Its between 14-17 weeks old. Can you tell me if its langshan? Is it a cockerel?

 

[I Love Layers]

Hello! Nice to find some other Langshan lovers! I am looking in buying some LF Black and maybe Blue Langshans for showing.
A few weeks ago I saw 2 blue pullets and 2 black cockerels for sale, just under a month old. I contacted the person but I am still waiting to see if they want to ship.
I already have LF Blue and Black cochins so I thought it would be fun to have another Asiatic.

 

[Finnie]

I think I mentioned that I've been reading through this whole thread from the beginning. I've been picking up lots of nuggets of information. I really appreciate Mikaela's description of tails and faults in the following quote. The photo is the blue hen she was referring to.

Her tail, instead of a nice upside-down semi-circle is more a V and the main tail feathers stack on top of each other instead of space each other facing outwards. If you have a male with the correct tail type, or even a tail that is too wide, it might help the future generations to widen those tails.

This was from page 251, January 2014.

 

[Finnie]

Hi I Love Layers! Welcome.

 

[Finnie]

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I'm sorry nobody ever answered your question. I was hoping someone more experienced than me would know. Now that I've watched a lot of my chicks grow up this summer, I think I can say that yours is probably a cockerel. (Which after all these weeks, you probably figured out by now. )
And I think it does look like it could be a Langshan. Or at least part Langshan. Do you have recent photos of it?

 

[Finnie]

We purchased land in Placerville this past year and hope to move some time this next year. Then I can have more control over my breeder flocks. I look forward to seeing your pics!

PetRock, have you moved to your new land yet?