This thread is great but so long.
One question....
My Whiting True Blue roosters over say a SLW or Red Star, what color eggs should that chick lay? Could it be green?
I have a hen that was acting off, she was fluffed up in the corner not acting like the other chickens. The other hens started picking on her before I could get her out of the coop and she ended up getting pretty torn up on her back. So now she's in a kennel in our heated garage and seems to be...
My Whitings lay pretty consistently I would say every week I get 5-6 from each 9 month old hen. The eggs are smaller than both my Red Stars and My Leghorns. They started laying at 19-21 weeks. I have so many blue pullet eggs right now in my fridge. We ate the rmean roo and have 4 junior...
By "nasty" do you mean MEAN ? I ask because we ended up butchering our beautiful blue Whiting rooster. He was mean and I would not go into the coop alone with him in there. I have 5 baby Whiting roos that have just started trying to crow and they will end up with the same fate if they are mean...
Yes they are all varying in color. The description I found somewhere says no standard coloring since they were originally developed for fly tying but consistent blue egg,s even in future generations.
Editing to add. I have blues, solid black, black with gold/red streaks, white with black...
I've never has EEs but I do like how the True Blues lay regularly. We have lots of different colors, my favorite is black with gold\red streaks down her back.
My Whiting True Blues started laying this week. 19 weeks old. Actually one of them started laying. I'm pretty happy about it, some of my 19 week old Red Stars are laying and one of my 17 week old White Leghorns is laying as well.
I just wanted to follow up with you about the combs. I have two 12 week old Whiting cockerels and they both have pea combs, which is surprising because they say single combs in the magazine. They are pretty friendly too. Not as sweet as the Red Stars but much friendlier than the White Leghorns.
I had the same issue on both of my previous orders they said shipped but never updated the tracking info until they were picked up by me at the post office. I have another order of Whitings coming this week but no shipping notification yet.