The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[The Moonshiner]

Hatch day today. I set two batches this week. This second one has a few exchequer eggs but its a ton of browns and silver ducklings. I'm breaking those groups up to give their pens up to grow outs.
I wanted to get a a decent number of each for next spring and I might of got lucky. I peeked in the hatchers earlier and there were so many chicks I had to shut quickly before I had escaped chicks everywhere.
There has to be at least 50 chicks between the two.
Should have pics in the morning but gonna be pretty dull on colors.

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

How do you get rid of your extra roosters?

 

[The Moonshiner]

I keep A LOT more roosters then most people would. I average about 1 for every 3 hens.
But any extras I take to a poultry/small animal auction and sell them then use the $$$ to buy more feed.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I keep A LOT more roosters then most people would. I average about 1 for every 3 hens.
But any extras I take to a poultry/small animal auction and sell them then use the $$$ to buy more feed.

That's a great idea. Do you ever eat any? I wish that we had poultry auctions nearby.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I have never eaten a chicken that I owned.
I don't care if someone else does I just don't.
I have given roosters to some Ive known that could really use the meat and don't mind processing it themselves.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

@The Moonshiner

Need to know about the last pic I posted and your thoughts.

Also,

Is this accurate? Mottled Leghorn=Ancona?

 

[Amer]

@The Moonshiner

Need to know about the last pic I posted and your thoughts.

Also,

Is this accurate? Mottled Leghorn=Ancona?
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I mean, technically if a Leghorn is mottled it’s an Ancona. Never a Leghorn. Anconas and Leghorns are the exact same breed in shape and the mottling is literally the only thing keeping them separate is the mottling.

Once upon a time, Anconas were known as mottled Leghorns. And that’s probably how it should have been, considering they have the same type and therefore are the same breed.
But that ain’t happening, because people are too stuck in their ways, and it would frankly be confusing. I think some of the popularity of the Ancona is the distinctiveness of the breed, and because their personality and production qualities are different.
They tend to be less flighty and broodier than the Leghorns.
Making them Leghorns would probably dissuade people from breeding them.

 

[cmom]

We have a farm swap at our local TSC. Last Saturday I took 20 SC White Leghorns and sold them. I usually advertise on our local Craigslist what I'm taking to the swap. Others do too. Quite a lot of people come to buy. Probably this month I have sold around 50 males. It does help with the feed costs and I don't have to feed them anymore. Not much meat on a Leghorn.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Yes I saw that ad somewhere else the closest place that has Farm Swaps and Small Animal Auctions is about 3 hours away from where I'm at.
I live the the Redlands,FL.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Where did that pic of that bird come from?
I'm not sure exactly what it is (genetics wise)
I'd just go with mottling on a brown but that's not exactly what he is.