The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[The Moonshiner]

 

[The Moonshiner]

 

[JacinLarkwell]

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Oh he's pretty. Millie fleur or white tailed buff?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Is that a leghorn? The rump looks like a Cochin

Lol. It does have a tail and it is a leghorn. The cockerel below it is her offspring.
I do believe she IS having an identity crisis. I pulled her off of two eggs and she is broody.

 

[Painted Calls]

Lol. It does have a tail and it is a leghorn. The cockerel below it is her offspring.
I do believe she IS having an identity crisis. I pulled her off of two eggs and she is broody.

Omg babe let her sit on them!

 

[Painted Calls]

let her sit on them!

Did I seriously just encourage more birds....

 

[The Moonshiner]

My MF project includes hopes of 4 different patterns.
MF, red MF, MF with dominate white and Red MF with dominate white.
So basically the dominate white ones will look buff or red with mottling and full white tails.
I crossed the above hen with my best buff rooster then bred the best offspring together and back to the hen.
Ive got about 10 or 12 juveniles from this years hatch. Next spring all start mixing and matching to get finished or close to finished chicks of all 4 patterns then go from their.
The original hen is my only full MF at this time. She is a little heavy looking and her tiny comb kills me but she has yellow legs, white lobes, and lays white eggs. Thats an accomplishment for any MF leghorn out there.
Her pattern is striking so I tried to improve on her.
I think the boys show ive done well with better type and comb size. Now I just gotta get the pattern back and continue.
Now you see why I won't have any eggs for a bit still.
MF have been beyond a challenge. Ive had two set of them in the past that I scraped because of too many issues to correct.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Omg babe let her sit on them!

She has been broody twice before. She won't commit to the full 21 days.

 

[Painted Calls]

She has been broody twice before. She won't commit to the full 21 days.

Get a bator ready and watch her like a hawk.

 

[Kiki]

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I like this dummy.
What do you call his color?