White Leghorn, the forgotten breed

[Peep-Chicken]

When do the females get larger combs? Mines is still very small.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

How old is she?

 

[Peep-Chicken]

How old is she?

About eight months.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

Are you sure she's pure leghorn? By now I would think her comb would be larger. I'm not sure how possible it is for one to have a smaller comb as all of mine have large floppers haha

She's very pretty

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Are you sure she's pure leghorn?  By now I would think her comb would be larger.  I'm not sure how possible it is for one to have a smaller comb as all of mine have large floppers haha

She's very pretty

I hatched her from hatching eggs from a local. They just keep several leghorns in a pen, who do have the big combs. Perhaps when she starts laying it'll grow out. We will see.

Thank you

 

[Areolyn]

Even though mine are hatchery stock, they started getting giant combs as they started laying. They started at 6 months in the summer and have nice large combs now.

 

[Areolyn]

By the way are the hatchery quality white leghorns the ones with silver beaks and legs? Mine are for sure leghorns but the leg/beak color isn't yellow its more like a silvery white.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

By the way are the hatchery quality white leghorns the ones with silver beaks and legs? Mine are for sure leghorns but the leg/beak color isn't yellow its more like a silvery white.

If she's been laying a while, she'll lose color, in a sequence known as bleaching. Resources from her body will go into her eggs.

 

[FVRM]

About eight months.

she must be a spring baby. they take a whole year to start laying. you will see the big combs at about 9 to 10 months. if they hatched in the summer they would have started laying at about now.

 

[Areolyn]

If she's been laying a while, she'll lose color, in a sequence known as bleaching. Resources from her body will go into her eggs.

They're pretty young, will only be a year old in march. They didn't have yellow legs/beaks when I first got them though. Or do you mean by like everyday laying? Cuz they do pretty much lay every day.