The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[Amer]

The only thing I can think of is that the line of birds they are referring to are Dutch in origin, and have more of a European type, and not the type/conformation that the U.S. standard calls for. European Leghorns have pinched tails and huge oversized combs, so are very different in type/conformation than U.S. Leghorns.

Otherwise, I see a lot of birds advertised as or that and the sellers have no clue about the breed they are selling, or the bird isn't at all what the breeder says they are. So in those cases, it is anyone's guess what you are buying.

Actually there's more types than that. Sounds like you're describing the British Type, not the European type. What I picture for European type is like what they have in Germany, slightly heavier set. But slightly less of a tail than American type. I expect it's the same in the Netherlands but I'm not sure.

The two lines of Brown Leghorns I have are as different as daylight and dark. The line from Don Schrider have slower developing combs and calmer dispositions, while the other line have huge combs and are very flightly. So far, the flighty line seems more close to the European standard, with their large combs and their tails seem to be held tighter together and less spread than the birds from Don Schrider's line.

We will be using the birds from the flighty line as strictly layers, and only breeding from the birds from Don since I like that they are calmer and more docile. And their type and color are far superior to the birds from the other line.

Yes, I find show type Leghorns to be a lot mellower than the flighty Leghorns folks always complain about. Same with the Anconas I had. They had lovely, active personalities but they weren't flighty at all.

 

[KF0002]

Actually there's more types than that. Sounds like you're describing the British Type, not the European type. What I picture for European type is like what they have in Germany, slightly heavier set. But slightly less of a tail than American type. I expect it's the same in the Netherlands but I'm not sure.

Yes, I find show type Leghorns to be a lot mellower than the flighty Leghorns folks always complain about. Same with the Anconas I had. They had lovely, active personalities but they weren't flighty at all.

The temperament of the Browns from Don and the Buffs from Curtis Oakes line are a nice change of pace from the spastic hatchery Brown Leghorn hens I currently have. Our hatchery Whites are used to us and aren't spastic acting anymore, but the hatchery Browns have always been super spastic and skittish.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Did the breeder have any other breeds?

Yes, a lot! If you want to look him up, his hatchery is called Duck N Coop on Facebook.
But none of the breeds look like a brown leghorn look-alike.

 

[Amer]

I can't seem to attach files to my posts. Does anyone else have this problem?

 

[Appalachickens]

So as the resident leghorn expert, you might know the answer to this - Sandhill Preservation said their brown leghorn flock got completely wiped out by gnats (the still have a variety of other leghorns). How would that happen? Do the gnats swarm them or is it a teeny maggot infestation?

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

But none of the breeds look like a brown leghorn look-alike

I am wondering if you got a mix.

 

[Amer]

Okay so apparently I had the app installed and not the progressive web app. It should work now.
This is what I mean by European type Leghorns. They tend to be stockier.

 

[BlueBaby]

So as the resident leghorn expert, you might know the answer to this - Sandhill Preservation said their brown leghorn flock got completely wiped out by gnats (the still have a variety of other leghorns). How would that happen? Do the gnats swarm them or is it a teeny maggot infestation?

I guess those gnats were just picky on what breed that they wanted?

 

[Appalachickens]

I guess those gnats were just picky on what breed that they wanted?

Or there was something about their particular coop/run?

 

[BlueBaby]

Or there was something about their particular coop/run?

Who knows. I noticed that ebay has some brown leghorn hatching egg's if you don't mind hatching your own to get some.