Amberlinks and brown eggs...or are they???

[baymule]

She looks guilty to me! BAR-B-BUE!!!!! Or, you could just forgive her and eat the egg anyway.

 

[897tgigvib]

I still think the white egg layer will turn out not to be purebred. 7 eighths or so.

Not being purebred is no fault, and having a white egg in the mix, that seems kind of neat.

 

[catjac1975]

When we first started with chickens we bought a mix called "heavies." we had many double, triple and quadruple yolks. the record was a giant egg with 5yolks. So much fun! We rarely get a double now!

and on an unrelated note...I cracked a few eggs this morning for breakfast. In the pic above, top row second from the left was a double yolk. Kind of surprised me since the egg was only about the size of a store bought medium.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

oh, to help you during the winter with large comb birds. just smear petroleum jelly over the comb before severe cold weather is predicted. most times if you're having issues with frostbite it is because your coop doesn't have good air circulation and moisture is getting trapped. i had an issue with that one winter with a roo who liked to roost near the top of my coop. haven't had any issues with the new coop with this but i still use the jelly just in case on a few large combed roos.

 

[MontyJ]

If I BBQ'ed poor Tailfeathers, Dew would BBQ me! I don't care if she is purebred or not, none of the others are. Thanks for the tip Chickie. We'll do that. Maybe I can get Dew to crochet a little bonnet like Miss Prissy wore.



Now, we all know Miss Prissy was a Leghorn. In this photo of her you can clearly see the slender build and upright tail feathers. With proof like this, there can be no doubt that tailfeathers is a leghorn Perhaps we will rename her Miss Prissy.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

heh, i found something like that on Pinterest the other day. a little hat made for a hen. if you had a roo it would come in handy for the bald spot that can happen from their mating.
let's see if this link works better http://www.flickr.com/photos/252013...X-MvfLU-b5R1HZ-MvfvQ-MvftC-MvfAu-Mvfxj-b2bzv4

 

[digitS']

. . . Not being purebred is no fault . . .

That's the big. . . I say, that's the Big Idea, Mashall! You're into garden hybrids, son. These here are hybrid chickens!

Now don't go trippin' over your own feet. We want you raising chickens someday, boy. Just like beans, ya know. 'Cept, with feathers. You see?!

Now we may not be always around to help ya. You gotta learn to stand on your own feet with chickens, boy. These here that MontyJ and Dew have are hybrids! Or should be . . . can't be sure about Miss Prissy.

Uh-uh-uh, I know what you're gonna say, son. With hybrids ya have two halves and when two halves is gone, there's nothin' left. And you're right. Two nothin's is nothin'. Or, it might be seven eighths.

That's mathematics, son! You can argue with me, but you can't argue with figures!

Steve

 

[thistlebloom]

Gee Steve, I could actually hear Foghorn Leghorn in your post!

 

[897tgigvib]

Th ball boy! Fetch th ball!

(Bwoy's 'bout as shahp as wet leather!)

 

[Smart Red]

She is built lighter than the other chickens. We noticed awhile back that she was more "aerodynamic". Leghorn would make sense, TSC had Leghorns at the same time. We are worried about the very large comb when winter gets here.

My first thought was leghorn as well. Perhaps someone picked up a chicken to pet and returned it to the wrong batch? Leghorns are one of the best layers. Since it is easy to tell her eggs from the others, I'd just keep her out of the breeding program and enjoy her large eggs.

My leghorns haven't had a problem with frostbitten combs here in zone 4-5. Of course, we haven't had a -20 degree (F) or colder spell of weather for quite a few years.