The Buffs are here! The Buffs are here! LEGHORNS

[babyblue]

I have always hated leghorns, the white ones that is. but yours? wow those are some wonderfull birds. do the other colors of leghorn stay less crazy and flighty then the white ones? if so I would love birds like that.

 

[SunshineSteedFarm]

Wow, beautiful birds!

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

incredible looking, congratulations! I didn't even know Leghorns came in Buff!

 

[usschicago1]

I love leghorns! Especially yours! I hope your hatching from those beauties !

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Thanks all, I am glad they are looking nice to you. These birds a re a bit young still but should be laying soon. I am really looking forward to seeing what hatches and how they look when they grow up. I've never had any other leghorns so have no experience with their temperment other than what other folks who have had them report.

I can say, so far, so good, I go into the coop after work to handle them and make sure they are comfortable. The cockerel has been preening himself and looks better than he did when I unpacked him.

The pullets are still a bit intimidated, they are keeping their tails clamped. Most likely due to the noisy cockerel pen right next to them.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Those are some of the most beautiful Buff colored birds I've ever seen

 

[danhonour]

It was nice to discover this thread,thanks for the nice comments. Ole Red I hope you raise to maturity and photograph the hatchery Buff Leghorns.I would love to find out what they are like and your observations on them.Leghorns are active and like to fly,but you can breed for tamer and calmer birds .They will be better to manage and more of a treat to own than crazy,wild ones. I find they tame down when kept in a cage for a few months and handled.Never breed from crazy ,wild,and nervous males.Females should be calm and sing when you get a hold of them and not scream and squawk. I pet their head and back and stroke the wattles and most seem to like that.If one screams I gently pinch its vocal cords under its neck and cover its head with my hand.The crazy birds seem to get the rest acting up and if you remove the worst ones the rest seem so much better.With Leghorns you have to be able to manage them,by being gentle,and calm yourself.Wear cloths they are used to seeing you with.I like to keep a radio playing so they are used to human voices otherwise if it is too still you or someone elses' voice will scare them.I like coops that they do not have as much room to get away from you or so high they can fly too much.Food treats wins their favor,and I handle mine a lot just to inspect them,check for mites,etc. Dan Honour[

 

[poultch]

they are stunners Birch Run farm,

a real credit to Dan for breeding them

interesting comments re their temperament, had different varieties of leghorns last year a couple brown a couple whites, three buffs which i hadn't bred from, they were just in a layer group but the buffs started to win me over because of their good temperament relative to other leghorns varieties i had (plus i have jersey cows so it seemed a natural fit to breed from them) so looked for ages to find a roo and he was a real gentle friendly fella aswell

could feed them out of my hand when they were free ranging, just thought it was handling and Buff orp that was undoubtly in their genetic make up, but since this theme seems to stretch across continents and hemispherses myabe something more 2 it

i know its personal taste but i think a group of buff leghorns free rangeing out in a green field is nothing more striking especially with their big red headgear and whitelobes.

Anyone thats thinking of getting leghorns... this is the variety to get especially if your are in the States cause if you can acess genetic material of the quality of the pics....youre mad not too!!

 

[chrisf]

Absolutely Phenomenal..................

 

[Birch Run Farm]

I'm glad to see so much interest in these birds. So far I have no disappointments with them. They are pretty mellow, especially the cockerel. They are also larger that the typical pearl leghorn from the hatcheries. As they get older I think they will be very elegant looking fowl as the long flowing tails and saddles the males develop are very striking. Maybe Dan Honour can post some photos of his cocks, they are truly stunning.