The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

[Pensmaster]

Yay I found some Croad Langshan eggs!

The name alone says rare. Are they?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Google gave me this on them never heard of them before either
The Croad Langshan is an old, heavy, soft-feathered chicken breed which probably originated in China. Wikipedia
Primary use: eggs
Egg production (annual): 150
Egg size: Large
Temperament: Tame
Recognized variety: Green Sheen, Black
Egg color: Plum coloured, Dark brown

Can buy eggs off my pet chicken site

 

[jolenesdad]

I’m looking for a dual purpose breed so I figured I would try them out. Here’s the breeders page with the info on the breed.

https://www.azgardfarmpoultry.com/our-breeds

 

[pennyJo1960]

Funny I have the most spectacular lavender ameracauna he was still quite young in these photos

 

[pennyJo1960]

Looked at her birds not certain i like the breeding away from the original Croad Langshan black breed

 

[Pensmaster]

I’m looking for a dual purpose breed so I figured I would try them out. Here’s the breeders page with the info on the breed.

https://www.azgardfarmpoultry.com/our-breeds

Nice thank you for the information. I like the Blue particularly.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Looked at her birds not certain i like the breeding away from the original Croad Langshan black breed

I can understand that. Although, they were both recognized around the same time, weren’t they? So both varieties are over 100 years old so I don’t think it’s really too far from the original but idk. But blue wasn’t recognized until much later so I think blue and splash and all that probably shouldn’t be bred. But white is a pretty old variety. Tons of breeds have lots of color varieties too. So I think as long as they are still breeding for the correct type and size and stuff and breeding to the standard it’s okay but I also like variety in my flock.

And this is what their site says:

The Black Langshan chicken was first recognized as a standard breed by the American Poultry Association (APA) in 1883. White Langshan “sports” were first produced from Black Langshan flocks in England in 1885 – these were recognized as a variety of Langshan by the APA in 1893. Blue “sports” occurred occasionally from crosses of the White and the Black Langshans. Blue Langshans were not recognized by the APA until 1987. Croad Langshans have been (and are still) used to create some other excellent breeds (Australorp, Orpington, Marans…) So it is very important to keep this breed alive and thriving.
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[pennyJo1960]

I pick up eggs today tomorrow they will go with the silky maybe half of them

 

[ronott1]

I pick up eggs today tomorrow they will go with the silky maybe half of them

I hope you have a good silky hatch!

 

[Redhead Rae]

Hey guys, I think I'm going to drop out of this HAL. We have a lot happening here (new houses got moved to the property this week and we need to get them set up and move, among other things) and I don't even have my breeding pens set up yet. So any chicks I do hatch won't go towards my breeding programs, which is the only point of hatching this year for me.