The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[AMM10]

I've got a couple lavender leghorn hens. No boys though.
I actually don't think I've ever had a lavender boy that reached maturity.
I'll just grab a black male and make some splits to use next year.

That’s kinda odd. Did the boys die from health or predation reasons or had you sold them all before they reached maturity? Breeding the black male to the lav hens is good idea

 

[Tonyroo]

@The Moonshiner , I don't know if your keeping your babies but can you take pictures of there development and post it.

I'd like to see the various color variations of your juvenile birds. Just a request but if you don't have time that's understandable.

 

[The Moonshiner]

That’s kinda odd. Did the boys die from health or predation reasons or had you sold them all before they reached maturity? Breeding the black male to the lav hens is good idea

I worked on a few varieties. Lavender, barred Lavender and mottled Lavender but everything was in really small numbers as far as Lavender birds cause I always used splits too.
I just think I wasn't hatching Lavender males. I remember like two and they both died as chicks or juveniles.
I've noticed Lavender ones don't seem to thrive quite as well.
Cackle discontinued their Isabel Leghorns pretty quickly because they were having issues with them not handling shipping well.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I worked on a few varieties. Lavender, barred Lavender and mottled Lavender but everything was in really small numbers as far as Lavender birds cause I always used splits too.
I just think I wasn't hatching Lavender males. I remember like two and they both died as chicks or juveniles.
I've noticed Lavender ones don't seem to thrive quite as well.
Cackle discontinued their Isabel Leghorns pretty quickly because they were having issues with them not handling shipping well.

I just realized, you got your Orpingtons from Hoovers, right? Should have grabbed some isabel leghorns too.

 

[NagemTX]

So only an antecedent because I've only hatched out one time. My lavender Ameraucana x lavender Orpington produced the most pullets. Seams like only one male out of the eight that hatched.

 

[The Moonshiner]

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[The Moonshiner]

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[Chookwagn]

 

[The Moonshiner]

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Is it spring time in the future now?

 

[Chookwagn]

Is it spring time in the future now?

Not yet but I need to be prepared right?