Post Pics of your Leghorns

[Alaskan]

you are very welcome!

 

[Alaskan]

That's what I was thinking. The pic is of parent birds of the eggs I got. The eggs were sold to me as "dark brown"...I did not want light brown. Most of the "dark Browns" I have seen looked similar to the pic I posted--which is a pic of the parent birds of my eggs. I was looking back thru this thread and saw some of your pics....obviously of a MUCH darker bird. Yours are almost a dark mahogany color. I must say they are gorgeous! Thanks for the input!

this picture posted a little earlier by @kada6305 looks like a very typical light brown



Do your girls have that much light color in the neck?

 

[Sassafras Chick]

I am new to the Chicken keeping fun, but have always wanted to have some layers. My name is Paige. I grew up a Townie, dreaming of farmlife. I now have a husband and 3 boys. I'm surrounded!

So I am exceptionally excited to have a few girls around! My hubby finally has given in to a little urban coop. We have a large yard and garden, I'm currently upcycling an entertainment center, (like the ones in hotels?) Into a coop. I found it at goodwill for 40 bucks! I'll post some before and afters later.

Anyway...I have 3 Leghorns, Maybelline, Sassafras, and Lou. 2 Easter Eggers, Fatty Cheeks and Carlisle. 1 RIR, Ginger, and 2 Pekin ducks, Melon and Mango. I also have 3 Cornish we are planning on butchering once they are old enough. I can't bring myself to cuddle and name them on account of that. Is it true Cornish won't live past a year anyway? I started pic posting on Instagram, please look for me! My username is Townie Chicken Soup.

I'll post pics as they grow!! Thanks in advance for any tips!!

 

[Alaskan]

I am new to the Chicken keeping fun, but have always wanted to have some layers. My name is Paige. I grew up a Townie, dreaming of farmlife. I now have a husband and 3 boys. I'm surrounded!

So I am exceptionally excited to have a few girls around! My hubby finally has given in to a little urban coop. We have a large yard and garden, I'm currently upcycling an entertainment center, (like the ones in hotels?) Into a coop. I found it at goodwill for 40 bucks! I'll post some before and afters later.

Anyway...I have 3 Leghorns, Maybelline, Sassafras, and Lou. 2 Easter Eggers, Fatty Cheeks and Carlisle. 1 RIR, Ginger, and 2 Pekin ducks, Melon and Mango. I also have 3 Cornish we are planning on butchering once they are old enough. I can't bring myself to cuddle and name them on account of that. Is it true Cornish won't live past a year anyway? I started pic posting on Instagram, please look for me! My username is Townie Chicken Soup.

I'll post pics as they grow!! Thanks in advance for any tips!!

comments and answers to your questions

- repurposing stuff for a coop build is what I love! (or maybe just do out of necessity). You can check out my coop pages, the coops that are built from free stuff are my duck coop : https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/alaskans-smaller-coops
and my bantam coop: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/alaskans-no-cost-bantam-coop

- I do worry that an entertainment center won't make a coop big enough for more than 2 chickens

- Cornish have a very high risk of falling over and dieing from heart failure or other problems as they get close to their 8 week butcher date. There are some that can live a nice long life... but they aren't bred for that, and many wouldn't make it no matter how careful you were with their care.

- I LOVE Leghorns, their lay rate is amazing! A couple of EEs and a RIR will round out your egg basket and give you a super lovely color spectrum

-can't help you much with the ducks... but I am sure they will be great fun

welcome to the wonderful and crazy world of poultry!

 

[Gentry1350]

this picture posted a little earlier by @kada6305 looks like a very typical light brown Do your girls have that much light color in the neck?

I got eggs....the pic I posted was of the parent stock. I thought the dark Browns were a darker shade than the light Browns (yours are COMPLETELY different). Long story short, a major ice storm hit on hatch day and we lost power (for a week) and I lost all of my eggs. Luckily, one chick hatched a day early, so I was trying to figure out if it is a pullet or roo. It is four weeks old. I was looking for pics on this thread for a young chick comparison. As of now, "it" does have lighter coloring coming in around the neck. It has a very pronounced comb. It does look like a smaller version of the light brown pictured. ETA: I bought the eggs online

 

[Alaskan]

wow! that bites!

 

[Malissa]

So I just picked up 2 chicks last weekend, one is a brown leghorn, the other is a speckled Sussex. The local store ordered sexed chicks, but they got straight run freebies in the order so it's cloudy with a chance of rooster. We have had our share of them, and when we had a broody hatch the other summer, we were 4 for 4 roosters. They are now banned from hatching and we learned how to butcher. With that said, I've seen my share of young roosters and I'm pretty sure the little leghorn is looking roosterish....from his budding little pink comb to his straight neck and overly curious attitude. What do you all think? I'm thinking Sweet Cheeks should be renamed to Dinner. The Speckled Sussex is on the right.

 

[Alaskan]

looks like the leghorn is already feathering in ... but maybe this can help anyway:

In breeds with the wild-type color pattern, such as these Light Brown Leghorn chicks, the females have darker dorsal stripes on their backs and up onto their heads while the males have lighter stripes that do not reach their heads. Photos courtesy of Don Schrider.

from this page: http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/determining_sex_in_chicks/


I had 3 leghorn chicks last year that I was POSITIVE were girls... their combs pinked up way so soon.... they lay eggs...... so clearly they ended up being girls

my point, don't give up too soon

 

[Malissa]

That's great news! haha I will try to keep the faith! We already have to off 2 of our 3 year olds to accommodate the newcomers by fall! We have 7 hens, 1 roo now and the roo is nice because he was mother raised....we learned our lesson the first time. DO NO CODDLE YOUR ROO BABY! I battled that jerk for a year and a half until I ate him!

 

[Alaskan]

the first roo we butchered had been mean to the kids, and he was old enough that we had to put him into the casserole.

I wish I had taken a video ...

the kids kept saying things like "and you were mean to me, huh!" while stabbing their fork quite violently into the casserole.

The kids loved it and thought it was great fun.