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decidedly not a Legbar, could be a Legbar mix If he was all white, then he might be a White Legbar. but there are no black Legbars

Right?! It's the gift that keeps on giving...long term chicken therapy =)

It is so interesting to share experiences. When I read what others have to say, I'm reminded that new breeding groups are not necessarily predictable. Do you have any light crests or any interest in adding that to your program?

In my case the lighter colored cockerels may or may not have chestnut, depends on breeding groups.

I have also observed the chestnut enhancement around the throat which seems to tint the crest and the hackle feathers but leaves a halo of cream towards the bottom of the hackle feathers; as seen in your first pic. The middle pic does have amazing and consistent pattern in the crest and...

The two birds you posted have lots of nice traits. A breeding flock takes some time to develop, and I find the more time I spend the more I want to do, which can be very engaging. I think the important thing to let your customers know is that these are all Cream Legbars; some will be better...

The two chickens pictured, Eric and Caramel?, both appear to be cream; that is they both appear to have two copies of the cream gene. Caramel's color looks fine, although her crest is darker than the SOP. Bred together, they should produce only cream offspring. Eric does have a heavy dose of...

I agree that an older rooster has many advantages. In general, I have found the breed to be healthy and friendly regardless of age, and not likely to be mean or aggressive. That's great that you are seeing large eggs from your hens, as some do lay on the smaller side. If you ask around...

Your down to feathers experience correlates with mine. The striking contrast you are seeing between (neck) hackle feathers and the body is due to the influence of "cream"; those pullets/hens have two copies of the "cream" gene ("ig"=inhibitor of gold) which inhibits the expression of gold...

You may start to recognize patterns from the down to feather stages. Do all your pullets/hens have dark crests?

Thanks for sharing your flock pictures!

I find the cockerels are calmer as they approach the 1st year, and/or put the cockerel with hens not pullets.

A Trio or Quad is okay for breeding groups if the rooster is not too aggressive. Generally my CL have been fine, but if the hens can't get away (out of sight out of mind, etc) in some cases it can be a problem. More likely to be a problem early on with a young cockerel, especially if he is...

If you have room for more breeding groups, it seems helpful to both outcross the lines (abc) as well as keep some separate (just ab). Ultimately the results of your breeding groups are going to dictate your next step. I have been trying to setup breeding groups that are as unrelated as...

The CL club is having an on-line show, you might consider entering the hen/pullet in the second pic. She has lovely color and type, great tail angle. Anyone else that would like to put their stock up against a wide range of CL breeders/enthusiasts, please enter your best birds. It is helpful...

Do you have your breeding groups lined up for the spring?

Good prospect for feather color, and the more blue the better the eggshell, right?! I hope your hens pass along the nice barring I see in your crele boys. They are terrific candidates if someone is working on the Golden Crele line.

If you have room to introduce some less colorful stock, you will see the color shift before long.

Welcome to BYC and all things chickens! And Best of ALL - the Cream Legbars !! I wouldn't say there is anything specifically wrong with the Rees line. Each line has it's own set of characteristics to work on, Rees or otherwise. Even if you get chicks from well established lines that have...

If the brown line has racing stripes (not just a single diffused line) and the eyes have eyeliner, I would think white pullet with some barring? Do you have pictures to post?