The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Andt on May 28, 2011, 11:04:07 pm
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I've posted previously asking for advice on this breed and then about raising the chicks (I then bought half a dozen week old chicks), since that purchase the chicks are now around 18/19 weeks old and today whilst in their run planting some apple trees I heard clucking from the hen house. Considering I've found the leghorns to be very quiet birds, I thought it was a Blackrock or Welsummer but on inspection I found a small pure white egg. When I checked the nest boxes n the other side of the coop there were 2 more small white eggs.
These birds have turned out to be lovely, friendly little birds and have started laying at around 19 weeks. I am so glad that I listened to the advice on this site to get some white leghorns.
The only issue I now have is that I need to fence off my apple trees as they are young trees and the birds seem to love the lower leaves.
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Great to hear your enjoying your leghorns along with the first eggs, they are great consistent layers but often get overlooked as a breed to keep....Ive kept them for years and cant see past them.
Leghorns are great foragers and Ive often seen ours navigating walls to forage on the beach tree leaves so I would give your fruit trees a bit of protection if they are small until established.
Dave
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The only triple yolkers we have ever had came from black leghorns :o