Dark Browns are one of the very few breeds that are based on eb, red enhancers and the rest is pretty wildtype in nature, so if you are looking what a hen with eb alone looks like, then look no further than the dark brown leghorn hen, other breeds that have eb like partridge wyandottes or Partridge Rocks have Pg(pattern gene) also so the hens look different.
I hope your birds fared well over the winter this year.
Hello Sensei,greetings from South Florida; hope you and yours are doing well.
Thank you.
PI doubled down on Leghorns. Bought some light brown chicks from Bud Blankenship and have Dark Browns on the way, too. Found some extra nice Isabella birds I bought eggs off of, too. Got those and some legbars in the 'bator now and we'll see what happens.
I figure by next year I'd like to have breeding pens set up for Light Brown, Dark Brown and Isabella Leghorns, plus a pen to work towards Isabella Legbars.... for whatever that's worth. Really just working on those because I'm obsessed with barred birds and can't find any nice barred/cuckoo leghorns
Ha ha ha.
I did lose a rooster. I suspect just because of the weather so I'm down to a trio. Enough to work with if I could just get the girls laying. Not a single egg yet this spring.
