The Poultry Keeper

debcat · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:03 am Post subject:

it sounds like 3 roo's and one hen to me

bettyakimbo · Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 28 Location: county durham

well it was confirmed today! i played a recording of them crowing that i had on my mobile and all 3 suspected boys cockadoodaled to their hearts content......at least i know now.

next task is to get some more girlies!

liz x

karla · Joined: 31 Aug 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Aylesbury Bucks

Hi

I am trying to source a couple of young Leghorn Bantam Hens to keep my Black Leghorn Bantam Cockerel company, as he keeps slipping of the full sized hens and can't master the stepladder.

Would like and travel to pick-up:

Black
Exchequer

bettyakimbo · Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 28 Location: county durham

hi

i managed to swap one of my cocks for a hen. the bloke i got her off couldn't remember how old she was other than no more than 2 years Confused

her comb is lovely and red and has flopped over. is this any indication of age? if not is there anyway i can "guesstimate" her age.

Henwife · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 2687 Location: Monmouthshire

Have a look at her legs. The scales are small and neat in their first year and by the end of the 2nd year much bigger and rougher. After that it is just a matter of looking at the whole bird and guessing old, older, oldest.

bettyakimbo · Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 28 Location: county durham

i'll have a good look at her legs tomorrow. i picked her up on sunday and i still haven't had an egg - maybe she's in shock with all the grass Laughing

here she is. albert didn't want to be left out !

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1400 Location: Clawddnewydd

Hi guys,

I'm new to this forum and wondered if anyone would be kind enough to give me some help and advice. We've kept different varieties of chickens for over 20 years now and at present I dont have any as I'm bunking at my parents until I move house at the end of next month Shocked

. I'm really keen to get some blue leghorns and maybe some silver ones but seem to be having real difficulty in finding anyone who has them. Mum keeps white ones and a whole host of other different breeds (some havent laid an egg for donkeys years, and you know who you are........... Laughing

) I also had a pair of old english bronze turkeys but the fox got Josephine during the day and Napoleon wouldnt take to a new mate and eventually passed away of old age last year Crying or Very sad

.

All help gratefully received,

Lisa

Foghorn · Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 2

I am soooooooooooo tired. I had a batch of eggs in inci and only 1 hatched. Never had such a bad hatch before so have never had the problem of a single chick!

It WON'T shut up!! Cheep cheep cheep day and night.

It is warm, it eats and drinks, it is healthy and growing. But it is LOUD to the nth degree. We are going insane with the cheeeping!

I have tried the mirror, the radio etc etc but I guess it is lonely Crying or Very sad

What can I do? I don't want to kill it it looks like a really nice bird.

CP · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:33 am Post subject:

Can you find any same or similar age chicks near you? That would be the best bet but failing that you'll just have to try entertaining him/her! Laughing

Hang up a mop head for it to hide under. Wink

JustChickens · Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 605 Location: Sussex

I think exchequor leghorns are stunning, from photos one of the nicest looking chickens.

Hen-Gen · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject:

Hi Bronskibeat,
Kept chickens a long time but this year I bought some Blue Leghorn hatching eggs on ebay. The guy was called luckysi. Excellent hatching rate and have retained four nice blues. They are now 7 weeks old so can't say a lot other than that they are very nervy and, to me, very beautiful (a real pale, unlaced blue).
The thing that I noticed on ebay is that there are both Blue Leghorns and Lavender Leghorns but in most cases they are all being sold as Blue Leghorns. So if you go down that route then be clear what it is you want and then clear what you bid for. I wanted mine to cross into my Minorcas to get Blue Minorcas so buying Lavender Leghorns would have been a disaster.

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1400 Location: Clawddnewydd

Hi Hen-Gen,

I too purchased 6 blue leghorn eggs off ebay from DragonPoultry. They are currently 3 days into incubation so I'll let you know what happens!! Yes, I have seen the blue and the lavender, trouble is, not everyone shows pics of their own birds.............. I got caught out with buying full grown slate turkeys in the same way, very expensive lesson to learn (not bought off eBay I hasten to add) the stag is either lavender or a red slate and god knows what the 2 hens are, but they arent blue thats for sure!!

Barny_Velder · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 164 Location: North Wales Coast

Dragon from bala? good luck...

@Foghorn I notice you are in north wales I have lots of chicks from day old if you need a companion or two for you lonely leghorn.

I got 12 Exhequer eggs off ebay had 12 hatch if anyone wnats the chaps name give me a PM he REALLY knows his leghorns. They are really sturdy chicks and very healthy.

vanessa · Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 1154 Location: Correze

Do blue leghorns lay white eggs?

Hen-Gen · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:28 pm Post subject:

Well my ebay Blue Leghorns hatched from white eggs. So which came first, the ...................................................................? Very Happy