Honestly, my best is my Hatchery Silkie. She hasn't missed a day - except while she was broody and hatched my eggs.
My worst are my Ameraucanas and EEs.
My worst are my Ameraucanas and EEs.
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Just wondering what experience everyone has had on all sorts of chickens breeds.
Hello Dr. Netland, I was wondering if you could give us an update on your results with your Jaerhon x Leghorn crosses. This is very interesting. I've been wanting to do doing something along these lines myself and knowing how your project went as far as productivity, longevity (probably too early to tell yet), vigor, disposition, feed conversion, foraging ability in free range situation, and looks (it would be nice if they got more color), would be great information to know. Thanks!!!I have but 3 white Leghorn hens, plus 1 California white hybrid. Though they are 3 years old, they just came back into lay after this fall's molt. In their pullet year, I put them in with a Norwegian Jaer cock bird and hatched some chicks out of this cross, and 3 of those pullets are the most phenomenal layers of large, white eggs I have ever had; two others were not as impressive, so I culled them. I have back crossed the 3 Jaer/Leghorn hens to a Jaer cock bird and have some very nice, strong, healthy pullets selected for further breeding. These are almost at the point of lay, and I am anxious to see if the incredible production can be maintained. They are very small birds but their parent crosses lay large, white eggs and have superior feed/production conversation rate. They have a calmer disposition than the white Leghorns and are mostly white with some faint buff/gold spotting/barring and gold hackle feathers.