One tiny baby so far! He cried in there for at least 4 hours before the family took him out (he was dry by then). They floated the other egg after I left for work, no wiggles but it still appears alive so hoping it'll pop out! Today should be day 17 so hopefully his brother will start hatching...
First of all, no changes overnight. It held humidity nicely and while as exciting as this is here at home, there might be a rabbit giving birth at work so it'll be busy everywhere today 😂
Second of all, holy shit this poor girl! She's only a few months old and not only laying like a monster...
They're young, I thought we were well last 12 weeks by that point but it's probably why. I've been collecting eggs still so after these hatch I'll be setting many more! I believe one of the eggs started it's first pip, I hope it happens overnight because if I have to go through another day at...
The proportions of the bird say otherwise though, if you compare yours vs the image bantams have a smaller rounder face, shorter beak, much smaller combs, etc. Your birds have the standard long beaks, normal sized heads, XL leghorn combs. I'll find a comparison picture if I have one from my old...
They are not bantam leghorns as those guys are half the size of these. I promise, leghorns are not big birds. You don't have to believe me but I have owned bantam leghorns and OEGB, your birds are easily double the size of bantams. Bantam Leghorns should fit fully in your hand, yours are too...
The last one is polish, because ayams and cochins don't have crests, it's not a recessive gene :)
The first one looks like he's probably part brahma or easter egger with that comb, the coloring is a bit vague but EE's can have any color so who knows what his parents could have looked like lol...
3-5lb is what most leghorns weigh, and given their condition I imagine they could gain a bit, but they're not bantams. They'd be much smaller if they were bantams. Their earlobes are white so they'll lay a white egg, I suspect it's the other hens that are laying tan eggs.
the ones I knew raised as pets were nice, but the few people I knew that bred them for shows basically didn't socialize them except for a handful for the kids 4H projects. Chickens can be wild things if they weren't properly shown what people are!
They are not, the proportions are wrong for OEGB. Where did you get them? They look like smaller standard birds, probably 3-5lb, what are their weights?
Bantam leghorn vs standard leghorn sizes
Pullet :) female specific coloring (red throat/black neck vs black throat/red neck) and while developed of course, the comb is still more pink, not rooster-red
Gotta leave for work, it dipped to 25% humidity when I checked on it first thing, bumped it to 65% but I gotta leave so fingers crossed it all stays good 😭 I hope to either have 2 or 0 but having one would be heartbreaking
You should be able to tell in the next little bit if her ear lobe turns white. I would guess not as most egg layer chickens we have in the US tend to lay tan to brown eggs unless certain breeds like leghorns. The seller may still give you your money back for the bird or provide a replacement...
Doesn't look like any leghorn I've raised! Tbf I had light brown leghorns but even a dark brown shouldn't look like that, nor a buff. I would contact the breeder and see what they said