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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I'm sorry for the bad news! Time to start hawking eggs on Ebay! I have been trying to sell eggs locally, but nobody wants to pay anything for them. Ebay may be the way to go. With all of your cool varieties, you could make some good money, I bet.
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    All Leghorns tend to be "non-broody" which is a characteristic of the breed.
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I wish ours weren't so broody sometimes! We have Game hens clucking and setting everywhere right now! One hen has even learned to "pretend" to be broody so the roosters leave her alone. Clever girl.
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    We have owned White Leghorns for many years, and in all that time, only one hen tried to go broody one time. We broke her up and didn't attempt to let her hatch eggs. Set Leghorn eggs under other broody hens so they will hatch and raise your Leghorn chicks. We do that quite often.
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    And that includes my own "Red Necker" line of Naked Neckers I am working on. They are mutts, a mixed breed. I don't intend to sell those birds, they are my own cross for my own use with a cute name that makes he smile. I wanted to add that disclaimer. lol
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    Yeah, people mash up two breeds, call it xyz, and then mass produce it for profit. It's a song as old as time. Essentially they are just mutts, but in my experience mutts are better layers and have better longevity, disease resistance, and are generally more robust. But I am one to call it...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    Well Happy Belated Birthday! I hope you enjoy your birthday dinner and cake. I am making homemade apple fritters and some cinnamon sugar sourdough bread today. I bake to keep from stressing and worrying, that is the best therapy for me aside from prayer. I made Sweet Potato Pie the day...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    Ah, a Zombie Chicken, or that is what some people call this cross. Ayam Cemani lay tinted eggs, and Leghorns lay white, so you should expect tinted to white eggs from this pullet at a better production rate than Ayam Cemani, but perhaps not as good as a White Leghorn. @The Moonshiner can...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I feel that big time. But we adapt and overcome, that is what makes us strong. All will be well, friend. :)
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    Speaking of chickens clinging to instinct, I brag pretty hard about Game chickens having all this instinct and how smart they are. Meanwhile, we have an old battle-axe of a Game hen who insists on laying her clutch every year on the bare metal roof of a 4x4 pen. I have tried to present her...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    Hope may be on the horizon, but I just can't reach the horizon just yet. lol
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I may be a pessimist, but I don't think the economy will get better anytime soon. The struggle is real for working class people. God help us. 😓
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I love that Leghorns still cling to some pretty strong instincts like that. They love a hidden place to lay. The best thing about mine have been they don't go broody, and that is an amazing trait in a chicken because I can't stand having to constantly break up broody hens. Even my iBTR...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I have failed, my friend. I have been picking up a lot of OT so my body needs the caffeine to push through. I don't know if there is hope for me.
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I pray your work meeting goes well and you get good news! I have had such an internal struggle trying to weed down my projects to just what I absolutely have to work on. I am not abandoning the Red Leghorn project, so I have two pens set up I am collecting eggs from (Buff x iBTR and Red x...
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