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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I think if I kept handling the chicks I am brooding in the house right now they could be lap chickens, despite them being Leghorns (and Crele Leghorn project birds). They are so friendly. lol
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    They are snug in good pens. I just pray they survive the winter.
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I have 2 more packages to be delivered, and my Christmas shopping is over. They are definitely running slower than normal, but I understand why with the increased volume. We are getting about 6-8 eggs a day, mainly from the White Leghorns right now. There is a reason that breed is my...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I like growing out a good number of cockerels to choose from as breeders too and they can be a nuisance to grow out and keep out of shenanigans. If I leave too many cockerels to grow out and free range, they stress the hens out majorly. I need to pen them in a separate bachelor pen but never...
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    Mcmurray Hatchery Red Leghorns

    Yw! Best of luck with them and please update with how they do. I hope you have better luck with the Reds than I did. :)
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    It’s like they have a mission in life to break our hearts. Its always a pullet, too. Never one of the dozens of roosters you don’t need. I’m so sorry you lost her! I hope your remaining pullets grow out so you can produce more of them! :hugs
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    @Chookwagn look at the nonsense!! It is glorious! :love
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    Anconas definitely were derived from Leghorns, but I've read they are technically "separate breeds." I am like you though; they look like Mottled Leghorns to me. lol Those Mille Fleur though!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    Thank you! I have got to get these chicks out of my house before I turn them all into pets. lol
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    The only eggs we are getting right now are mainly from the OG White Leghorn hens and the young White Leghorn pullets. They are top tier layers and will lay when nothing else will. Not much else has laid the past few days besides them.
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I just lost a chick. One of the little White Leghorns.:hit She passed away right in my hands. I was studying and all of a sudden I heard a loud distressing chirping coming from my son's room (where their brooder is). I jumped up and when I looked into the brooder the chick was kind of doing...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    My sons ameraucanas are very docile and gentle also. It takes the roosters a good while longer than other breeds to develop the confidence to crow and try to be dominant over the older hens. His ameraucana rooster that died a few months ago, Crow, was very respectful and gentle to the hens...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I would recommend putting her in broody jail for a couple of weeks and breaking her up. This is a horrible time of year for a broody to try to hatch and tend chicks. I am brooding chicks indoors and they do fine with heat lamps, but even with a mother hen, winter is really hard for them to try...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    They are nice looking birds though! Just don't expect them to lay/crow early like Leghorns. lol
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    Ameraucanas are a slower maturing breed, so just give him time. They are slow to mature and the pullets don't usually lay until they are 8-9 months old. My Splash hen was closer to a year old before she finally laid her first egg. I had just about given up on her entirely.
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