The Moonshiner's farewell to Leghorns

[ColtHandorf]

Interesting. This is the first time I've got a notification in a while for this one.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Moony, there's no "With Rum" option. How am I to choose?

 

[Jennc-123]

I really think with your experience you don't need to focus on just one project at a time. Focusing on one breed is for the inexperienced chicken breeder. I also think you could realistically move your timeline for the Jaded Amethyst Devil pot scrubber soup legs up to 3 years to completion.
Also, since you're planning on a rainbow of eggs I think you should incorporate that into the leghorns as well. What do you think you'll sell eggs for? $500 a dozen is fair I think. A proven broody, chess playing rooster I think you could easily ask $2000, maybe $3000.
But definitely don't just focus on one breed, definitely not time consuming enough.

 

[ColtHandorf]

I really think with your experience you don't need to focus on just one project at a time. Focusing on one breed is for the inexperienced chicken breeder. I also think you could realistically move your timeline for the Jaded Amethyst Devil pot scrubber soup legs up to 3 years to completion.
Also, since you're planning on a rainbow of eggs I think you should incorporate that into the leghorns as well. What do you think you'll sell eggs for? $500 a dozen is fair I think. A proven broody, chess playing rooster I think you could easily ask $2000, maybe $3000.
But definitely don't just focus on one breed, definitely not time consuming enough.

 

[The Moonshiner]

This idea and this thread is dead to me.
I'll give up my Leghorns when you pry them from my cold dead hands.
See them here.....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-moonshiners-leghorns.1257688/
Or be a part of the new Drama Club here.....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-moonshiners-mischief-madness-mayhem.1495154/

 

[JacinLarkwell]

About time you came back to your senses

 

[Medebrajean]

I just discovered a leghorn expert via your swan song post!! Can I glean some info from you?
First Question: I've had leghorns but want to try Pearl Leghorns from McMurray's or California Whites. Any opinion on them in production, health, less skittishness, etc., versus just the regular leghorn?
Second question: What would a Bielefelder rooster x leghorn produce?

Did person you were asking answer your questions? Im no expert....but i did happen to order some mcmurray pearls so i thought id throw in a comment. Ive been very pleased with them. They are prolific layers. Being lehorns they are Pretty flighty. But they certainly do outlay all my other hens.
I did have to get a rollout nestbox specifically for them......since at least one hen was terrible about eating eggs. Other than that though......no complaints about them.. Huge beautiful white eggs.

 

[Lovely Lettie]

Did you stop breeding leghorns?

 

[MGG]

This idea and this thread is dead to me.
I'll give up my Leghorns when you pry them from my cold dead hands.
See them here.....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-moonshiners-leghorns.1257688/
Or be a part of the new Drama Club here.....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-moonshiners-mischief-madness-mayhem.1495154/

Did you stop breeding leghorns?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Did you stop breeding leghorns?