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CloverdaleFarms said:
Hi all! So glad we found this thread. We just got our very first LF Langshans are we are super excited!!! Look forward to reading and chatting with you soon!
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Welcome - rather new myself. Glad to have another Langshans lover with us. I am excited watching mine grow and can't wait until they get to there full growth. I think they are awesome & love their stature.
 
Just found out im getting MORE langshangs tomorrow 2-3 pure bred Langshang Laying hens
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They may not be all that hungry, but they just love the attention. There seems to be a few new ones getting involved here, and maybe now is the time to tell you all a little bit of history of the breed? In 1872 a few chickens were imported from the Langshan Region in China by Major T. Croad in England. They were all black. As they were quite good layers, they soon spread, and they soon found their way across the Atlantic. They soon became quite popular in the US, for many reasons. They were used as one of the foundation-breeds in many of the breeds that was "invented" in the late 1800's and the early 1900's, both in England, France and the US. There were mainly two types that was bred, Modern Langshan, and the one you call just Langshan, which is very similar to the one we here call Croad Langshan, as this was how the importer preferred them. The Modern Langshan is very rare here in UK, and I am almost certain it died out in the US, correct me if anybody knows better. Because they are such an old breed, they breed so true to type, your Langshan and our Croad Langshan are so identical, even now, over a 100 year later.
 
thorleif said:
They may not be all that hungry, but they just love the attention. There seems to be a few new ones getting involved here, and maybe now is the time to tell you all a little bit of history of the breed? In 1872 a few chickens were imported from the Langshan Region in China by Major T. Croad in England. They were all black. As they were quite good layers, they soon spread, and they soon found their way across the Atlantic. They soon became quite popular in the US, for many reasons. They were used as one of the foundation-breeds in many of the breeds that was "invented" in the late 1800's and the early 1900's, both in England, France and the US. There were mainly two types that was bred, Modern Langshan, and the one you call just Langshan, which is very similar to the one we here call Croad Langshan, as this was how the importer preferred them. The Modern Langshan is very rare here in UK, and I am almost certain it died out in the US, correct me if anybody knows better. Because they are such an old breed, they breed so true to type, your Langshan and our Croad Langshan are so identical, even now, over a 100 year later.
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Thank you, nice info. I am very excited to start breeding these. Being new to the chicken world I wanted to take on a breed that I wasn't seeing all over every where. Granted I did get blue/blk & splash and realize they may not be recognized (I think I'm correct here) but the breeder were this line (James Meek line) came from has worked on this line for something like 10+yrs. and I'm very excited to help keep it going. I fell in love with his HUGE, majestic, sweet/docile natured birds, it was a no brainer for me to want some.
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