Is this a Leghorn Egg?

[Sequel]

Well whoever laid them they are just gorgeous! I have a brown leghorn, first one for me and I just love her! She is active, athletic but very friendly and that surprised me.

 

[Faraday40]

Both of my Leghorns came from hatchery eggs which were obtained for classroom use. We breed Orpingtons & I also teach incubation/embryology each spring in the local schools. I lost my white layer to a hawk in 2017 & really liked how easy her white eggs were to candle, so I actually bought some Leghorn hatching eggs. I decided to keep a quirky Leghorn in order to get some white eggs. Of course we enjoy "Tillie"s eggs so much that we bought more hatching eggs this spring.

With Tillie the hard part was getting her to lay eggs in the coop. She thought the garage shelves, dog house, & storage room were better. i had to lock her up every morning for a week to break her of the habit.
Tillie:

Both Leghorns hop the 4' fence to visit the neighbor daily. In fact, I was thinking that "Millie" was probably laying her eggs somewhere next door. If the new round eggs are from Millie, then she's at least a good girl for laying them in the nest boxes right from the start.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Both of my Leghorns came from hatchery eggs which were obtained for classroom use. We breed Orpingtons & I also teach incubation/embryology each spring in the local schools. I lost my white layer to a hawk in 2017 & really liked how easy her white eggs were to candle, so I actually bought some Leghorn hatching eggs. I decided to keep a quirky Leghorn in order to get some white eggs. Of course we enjoy "Tillie"s eggs so much that we bought more hatching eggs this spring.

With Tillie the hard part was getting her to lay eggs in the coop. She thought the garage shelves, dog house, & storage room were better. i had to lock her up every morning for a week to break her of the habit.
Tillie:
View attachment 1926350
Both Leghorns hop the 4' fence to visit the neighbor daily. In fact, I was thinking that "Millie" was probably laying her eggs somewhere next door. If the new round eggs are from Millie, then she's at least a good girl for laying them in the nest boxes right from the start.

lol! I didn't realize I was on easy street with my Leghorns. The hen I still have often jumps up on my shoulder and rides around while I do chicken chores. She's hilarious and very friendly. She has also gone broody several times which I was told Leghorns rarely do...so I guess she's not exactly typical for the breed.

 

[Compost King]

lol! I didn't realize I was on easy street with my Leghorns. The hen I still have often jumps up on my shoulder and rides around while I do chicken chores. She's hilarious and very friendly. She has also gone broody several times which I was told Leghorns rarely do...so I guess she's not exactly typical for the breed. View attachment 1926356

I found out the hard way how great leghorns were, my first birds were leghorns (and some sex link hybrid types). I kept hearing people complain about leghorns so I thought I must have the worst birds. I had to give up chickens for a year or 2 to take care of other things in life so when I got back into Chickens I discovered that all the other breeds pale in comparison to Leghorns.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I found out the hard way how great leghorns were, my first birds were leghorns (and some sex link hybrid types). I kept hearing people complain about leghorns so I thought I must have the worst birds. I had to give up chickens for a year or 2 to take care of other things in life so when I got back into Chickens I discovered that all the other breeds pale in comparison to Leghorns.

You may actually like Amberlinks as well as far as layers go. It's the only chicken I have that has out produced my Leghorn. She also started laying at 4-4.5 months old and was the ONLY hen that continued to lay almost daily through our coldest months/shortest days here. She's also not even remotely flightly, very chill and quiet chicken.

 

[Compost King]

I had Amberlinks when I had all the leghorns, they actually strayed way too far from the coop. Supposedly this is a good trait for foraging but I preferred the leghorns because they cleared out all possible food in the yard before they moved into the neighbors yards... They were really good other than that. Now I keep my leghorns in covered pens, Some chickens have free reign of the yard but as soon as they start leaving I either sell them, pen them for breeding, or if they are males I eat them.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I had Amberlinks when I had all the leghorns, they actually strayed way too far from the coop. Supposedly this is a good trait for foraging but I preferred the leghorns because they cleared out all possible food in the yard before they moved into the neighbors yards... They were really good other than that. Now I keep my leghorns in covered pens, Some chickens have free reign of the yard but as soon as they start leaving I either sell them, pen them for breeding, or if they are males I eat them.

I need someone tough like you closer to me. lol! I'm such a wuss I can't butcher the roosters and I end up giving them to others that are likely having lovely dinner spreads with them instead.

 

[Compost King]

It took me a long time to do it, even the CX's who I could claim was a Mercy Killing were very tough to do. I killed 2 CX's when I was new to chickens and they were quite large due to me putting it off for so long. They couldn't even walk by the time I got around to it. They sat between a feeder and a waterer. I don't even like them that big I like them around week 5 or 6 when they are plump by still small. Slightly bigger than Cornish Game Hen. It was so hard on me that I only bought egging Pullets for about 5 years so I never had to do that again. Eventually I got up the courage and did it, and kept doing it until it became Routine. I used to spend the entire day prepping myself to kill one bird now I can just do it on a whim.

 

[Faraday40]

I need someone tough like you closer to me. lol! I'm such a wuss I can't butcher the roosters and I end up giving them to others that are likely having lovely dinner spreads with them instead.

It took me several years to be able to process my own birds. I used to always give the roosters away - after feeding & loving them for 5-6 months. I realized just how much money, time & energy I was wasting. My own family should benefit from my efforts, so I decided it was a skill I wanted to learn. A family friend grew up on a farm & hunted, so he could pretty much prep any animal. He always helped put down old or injured birds for us and eventually taught me. It really helped having a friend to work along side me. Our friend passed away this spring and I'll be forever grateful for the knowledge he shared. I doubt it will ever become "easy" but we're not vegetarians, and I'd rather eat an animal that I know had a good life and wasn't housed in poor conditions. .....Not to mention that heritage breeds simply taste better.