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I just wanted to rave a little bit on here about the nice birds I got from @rjohns39 -- Bob's Barred Hollands are very nice birds. Most every day I get 3 nice white eggs for the three pullets, the other days I get 2. The eggs are a little smaller than the Brown Leghorn's, but just as white -- which is why I wanted them. They are very calm and pleasant birds to have around, unlike the Brown Leghorns. Leghorns can be nervous, even the Browns. Here is a photo of my 7 year old neighbor kid holding a cockerel right before I sent him to freezer camp, about 14 weeks old. When you get st. run, you have to have a plan for the males, and I do. But, these guys are very good boys and not nearly as obnoxious as some Brown Leghorn cockerels I have had! I always try to order st run, just do not like the fate of cockerel chicks at hatcheries.
I really like these birds, and am planning to order some more from Bob in the fall, if I can make the room and the hens co-operate!
 

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:frow Good afternoon Fishy, have a great day

:frow Good afternoon Parront, have a great day

:frow Good afternoon Rae, have a great day.


Sorry folks but work consumed me today... I love it when they promote the incompetent into management positions. NOT!
Too bad it's a work day for you. I have retired -- but spent a lot of time working today. At least 2 hours cleaning out the brooder shed!
 
The only thing stopping me from getting legbars is the price. I cannot have a rooster so no breeding them. For eggs alone I cannot justify the price.
My cream legbars are very skittish. They lay pretty eggs but want nothing to do with me. Makes checking and treating them rather difficult.
 
My cream legbars are very skittish. They lay pretty eggs but want nothing to do with me. Makes checking and treating them rather difficult.

I totally get it. To handle Rita for checks I best grab her off the roost first. Even my crazy California Whites/Austra Whites are more easy to handle.
 

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