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[HBuehler]

What color ears? It's hard to tell in the picture...white ears=white leghorn Red ears could be a Rock or White RI but the tail isn't overly correct for a Rock and the legs are not the right coloring for a WRI.Looks like a leghorn-we have them in about every color they come in.
Thing about charts...chickens cant read a word of them

All of my white leghorn pullets have combs that color until they ae ready to lay... beautifully soft feathers feel like little down coats and NO leghorns are not noisy....even my hatchery leghorns.My roo talks some but my girls will be at your feet and you won't know it.They say flighty but mine only fly to my daughters shoulder to perch.Although they have been raised with a 4 year old boy so they have seen it all

Oh the charts also say leghorns are non sitters...PLEASE don't tell one of my hens that has 8 babies under her wings and will flog a giant if they come near her babies.
The one thing that is right with the charts they are fantastic egg layers!

 

[wilson9044]

They look like white leghorns to me. Mine are very shy but if you are around them every day they get better. Great layers also with consistent medium white eggs. The combs won't turn red until they are a little older and starting to lay.

 

[Emzyyy]

I think White Leghorn might take awhile for the comb to come up. They are pretty gorgeous white.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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I think the person that gave them to you was a bit off on that. They appear to just NOW be around 4 months old. Also, it will take another month or two for them to start getting the large comb and wattles. The comb and wattles begin to develop and redden when the birds are closer to sexual maturity.

I remember leghorn feathers as being stiff. The girls are very soft and fluffy, but since they are young, I don't know if that is a reliable indicator.

The chart says the Leghorn is noisy, but the girls are anything but. I listen for Curly's crowing to find them. They are skittish and easily startled, though.

The first feathers from a young bird are soft. After the first molt, the feathers will begin to harden and form more around the body.


They are too narrow to be White Plymouth Rocks, have too long of a tail to be White Plymouth Rocks and lack the correct comb type to be a Wyandotte, again lacking the width to be a Wyandotte.


You look to have a flock of beautiful Leghorns!



Photos of Leghorn pullets: (Not MY birds!)

 

[A Good Egg-a bit cracked]

Thank you to all and especially for the info rodriguezpoultry posted. The pictures you posted are exactly my girls!! Very helpful. I now know I have a flock of leghorns with a Golden Sebright rooster.

I erected an 8'x8' shed from Menard's and they are moving in tonight. I used remnant pieces of OSB to form a nesting box rack and hung it from adjustable shelving. Made the bottom out of quarter inch hardware cloth so it should be easy to hose out. I made a roost rack from closet bar stock and mounted it against the back wall of the shed. Any comments on what I've done? I want to make it low-maint but safe/comfortable for the birds. If I can find my %$&* camera charger, I'll post some pictures.

 

[aussieheelr]

gold laced sebright and white leghorn pullets. The white leghorns look just like my "henrietta."

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

I agree with Rodriguez - if your birds doubled in size in the last month, they couldn't have been 4 months when you got them. By 4 months, chickens are about full-size and don't get much bigger.

This is one of mine at about 7-8 weeks:

15 weeks (look close to see the comb)

19 weeks (comb is growing because she's gettting closer to laying:

23 weeks (now laying)