Sit'n on the porch

[Grandmas Coop]

Are your Leghorns hatchery birds. Right now I have a Rhode Island White, White Leghorn and a Dark Brown Leghorn who want to brood. Not going to happen. I am saving the eggs to put in the incubator. I never had White Orpingtons but have had Buff Orpingtons years ago. Hatchery birds don't go broody like heritage birds do. I don't know why but from my experiences they haven't. My Rhode Island Whites are usually more broody than my other birds. Good luck and have fun...

All of my chickens have been either from the Farm Store or the right from McMurry Hatchery. All my chickens have gone broody except the Pearl White Leghorns. I have had Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorps and Bared Rocks. I haven't had White Orpingtons before eather, I am looking forward to this little experiment.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I love my leghorn. Her name is Fern

That is so cute!

 

[Grandmas Coop]

These are some of my Rhode Island Whites. This is an older picture but I still have my RIW's.
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These are some of my White Leghorns.View attachment 2555772View attachment 2555784

I love it!!! It is funny, this new batch of Leghorns are a year old now, their comb is not floppy like the last ones, it is straight up,,, very odd

 

[cmom]

Most of my birds have floppy combs but some have straight up combs. I have been breeding them for several years. I show them at poultry shows. One of the judges remarked that their backs weren't long enough so I have been picking out birds with the longest backs. I didn't show last year or this year yet because most of the shows were cancelled due to covid. I am curious how the birds will place.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I don't have many pictures of my Dark Brown Leghorns. The birds the closest to the camera are some of my Dark Brown Leghorns. You can see one of my males with his white earlobes.
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Oh yes, he is nice. I thought about getting brown ones, but, I really dont know why I didnt this time

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Most of my birds have floppy combs but some have straight up combs. I have been breeding them for several years. I show them at poultry shows. One of the judges remarked that their backs weren't long enough so I have been picking out birds with the longest backs. I didn't show last year or this year yet because most of the shows were cancelled due to covid. I am curious how the birds will place.

Going forward I do plan on hatching my own chicks, thats why I needed a good Mother Hen. I did hatch a few eggs several years ago with the Buffs. That must be fun going to show with the hens.

 

[cmom]

This is one of my RIR hens that was a champion. She is on champion row waiting to get her picture taken.

 

[cmom]

This White Leghorn male was a Reserve champion at a show. Sorry for the blurry.

 

[BY Bob]

it is spring

It surely is. It's wonderful to see you flock again! I hope you survived the winter ok. Spring is a wonderful time of year.

How is Bob doing?

 

[BY Bob]

A few changes in the coop,:
I am switching the hens over to Scratch & Peck's new layer pellets
I am getting 5 more Leghorn chicks and To be the Mother hens 4 White Buff Orpingtons
I always liked Scratch and Peck but the hens wasted so much of the feed. So I used Purina Organic Pellets. BUT NOW! S&P has pellets WOOHOO

What is it you love about scratch and peck? I have not seen it here.