Building a new run

White Stars are basically White Leghorn, and alI birds I have ever had have laid white eggs.
Not surprised yours like to roost high, being a light breed it comes easy to them.
You will probably find one evening they will take themselves to bed, no more problems.
I also found, once used to roosting in the coop, White Stars always went to roost before the others.
From what I can see of your setup, they are so comfortable, they already have a safe roost.

A little story here about White Stars. A neighbor bought a dozen POL Pullets. He was new to chicken
keeping, he had obtained a nice piece of land, so decided to put some chickens on it. Chickens duly
delivered, I wanted to clip their wings as we got them out of the crate, but no, he had the family
there and wanted to see these nice new pristine birds running around, so I left them to it. Come
evening, frantic knocking on my door. He can't find the birds. went back with him, looked up the
young Ash trees on the side of the run, twelve White Stars roosting well out of reach. His wife made
him stay there all night "to keep them safe" I didn't laugh, honest..... Well, perhaps a little.
 
White Stars area leghorn hybrid, well known for being quite flighty and perhaps a bit less easy to tame than some of the more sedate breeds. My friend has one, now 5 years old, not bad for a hybrid, who is beyond laying but still the boss of the others. They may well settle down and be less inclined to fly upwards as they mature, even Princess. Yes her eggs will be white and you'll be amazed at how big they are in relation to quite a small bird.
 
Leghorn Bantams are the same. Huge egg for the size (nearly 50 grammes from an 800 gramme bird) and would always roost in a tree given a chance. Very difficult to get them off the roof of the coop until it started to get cold, which they don't like.
 
We all had a boiled egg each tonight , Very nice , small but nice great color and a thick white, Tasted very..... hmmmmmm.... eggy ;)
 
EddieS said:
White Stars are basically White Leghorn, and alI birds I have ever had have laid white eggs.
Not surprised yours like to roost high, being a light breed it comes easy to them.
You will probably find one evening they will take themselves to bed, no more problems.
I also found, once used to roosting in the coop, White Stars always went to roost before the others.
From what I can see of your setup, they are so comfortable, they already have a safe roost.

A little story here about White Stars. A neighbor bought a dozen POL Pullets. He was new to chicken
keeping, he had obtained a nice piece of land, so decided to put some chickens on it. Chickens duly
delivered, I wanted to clip their wings as we got them out of the crate, but no, he had the family
there and wanted to see these nice new pristine birds running around, so I left them to it. Come
evening, frantic knocking on my door. He can't find the birds. went back with him, looked up the
young Ash trees on the side of the run, twelve White Stars roosting well out of reach. His wife made
him stay there all night "to keep them safe" I didn't laugh, honest..... Well, perhaps a little.
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Marigold said:
White Stars area leghorn hybrid, well known for being quite flighty and perhaps a bit less easy to tame than some of the more sedate breeds. My friend has one, now 5 years old, not bad for a hybrid, who is beyond laying but still the boss of the others. They may well settle down and be less inclined to fly upwards as they mature, even Princess. Yes her eggs will be white and you'll be amazed at how big they are in relation to quite a small bird.
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'Leg Horn ' Ya say! That wouldn't be any relation to Fog Horn Leg Horn Of Cartoon fame ( Proper Cartoon that was ) Ahh what a great memory that has stired . I must go find some of them old cartoons on you tube :-)17
 
I remember Foghorn Leghorn as well Castara. That was before we had chickens mind, but a great cartoon.

Just watched some but it's not the same without sound.
 
So what do you all use to clean the perches , feeders ,Poop scoop and buckets etc. Do you use the same stuff for all of it . and does any one use apple cider vinegar as a cleaning/sterilizing agent ? I've got some poultry shield ,
 
Poop picked up with rubber gloves on, gloves washed now and then in machine. Muck bucket gets washed out with rain. Drinkers get green, so scrubbed when refilled, with a labelled brush kept next to water butt. Drinkers sometimes put through dishwasher, also feeder though that doesn't get so bad. Perches get sprayed with dilute poultry shield, scrubbed and rinsed with water from hose, along with rest of the coop. Poop removed daily from coop, ie wrapped up in top layer of newspaper, so it never gets very bad really.
 
They went out of fashion Castara when rumours spread that white eggs had thin shells, if my childhood memory serves me correctly. Complete rubbish obviously! The diet, not the colour, makes for thin shells. Our leghorn eggs are white, so that one must be from your white star.
 
APDC1302 (600x450).jpgI think it was Professor Carl Jung , who first coined the phrase 'Synchronicity' . How bout that then 'A DOUBLE YOLKER" :-)17 come on Barbarella :-)08
 
mmmmmmm fried eggs...and it's sunday morning might have to join you castara..do you have any bacon? :D
 
Well so much for the peaceful coop :shock: , It a War zone, The white star has really been throwing her weight around, first the Copper black got it , At first just a 'Move outta my way 'peck but this escalated to some nasty feather pulling and general harassment. Then today got home, and seems shes turned on the Colombian, Real bad , some blood . Lotta feathers gone ,Looks awful :shock: , I saw her having a real go at the Colombian and no stopping, so under instruction from the lady at wigits farm were we got um .I've isolated her for tonight in a box in the shed . And tomorrow will convert the kids wendy house to a temporary Jail for the white star, While the other two recover , funny, they perked up as soon as she was gone, the copper black , which up to now has been extremely quiet and withdrawn and was defiantly bottom of the peckin order was marching around , digging holes , ate some scratch from my hands , and when the Columbian gave her back a little peck she turned round and gave a quick double jab to the head , so I'm not sure whats gone on today while i was away but its all goin off in the coop, I dont no whos in charge :? ,
I'm supposed to go on my first holiday for 2 years on friday and me son ( the chicken sitter) has let me down :-)09 , so I'm gonna try this chicken hotel :oops: me mate uses , Yeah I know , Got no choice , I need a break :-)07 So thats 3 nights in the cooler for the whit star then they all go to the chicken hotel , we shall see what happens :? , I'm gonna try to find some 'Scarper' anti pecking spray tomorrow on recommendation from wiggits,from a shop if I can find one local to north London Enfield -ish or I'll have to order some online , apparently works on pigs too , she told me they've found it the most effective of the brands ? Any thoughts my wise chicken friends ?
 
Well back from Hols . Oh dear, the pecking issue has got bad ! Real bad :shock: The white star , has really dug a chunk out of the Colombian, Nasty wound , some flesh has been lost , weve taken emergency measures, the white star's back in the clink, and applied some sudo cream to the coulmbian and the copper black , Help , !!! Any one :(
 
Gentian purple violet which is an antiseptic as well as being bright purple so it will disguise the red cut which chickens are attracted to. Keeping the White star apart from the other two might help and it is a good idea to take the bully rather than taking the one being bullied. If you can keep the apart for a couple of days it may calm the situation down.
 
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