The Legbar Thread! - Page 3

That's so awesome.  Not sure what I'm going to do with all the roos though.  Might be able to sell them.

Guess I could sell all of my marans... lets see even at $35 a bird (going rate here)  I still wouldn't have enough for a pair.

yeah, before I do that, I'll have to buy hatching eggs.... once or twice.

Well, I'm assuming that the first few months of eggs from the hen will go straight into the incubator to build up a good flock.  Is this true??  I think I read somewhere it is okay to breed the daughters back to the father.  This is a totally new adventure for me.

I am giving my roos at hatch to a self sufficient farmer, he can pay to grow them and eat them....

That is great.  I have a young lady that has been taking all of my roos because her daughter and her friends do 4H.  I'm sure she would love some of these guys to show.

I want some of these eggs once somebody gets an established flock

so for those getting cream legbars or that are familiar with the breed, a few questions.

1. are the eggs bluer or more vibrant than auracaunas, ameraucanas, easter eggers?

2. are they more prolific layers since they were hybrid?

3. are they friendly?

i am really interested in this breed and would be willing to pay for it but can't have roos ...maybe i can find someone locally who can do some sort of partnership with me.

So the main things that make this breed so appealing are the quantity of blue eggs and the "auto-sexing" ability, right?

That and I guess the rarity in this country?

I like the autosexing traits, the blue eggs and the look of the bird.  The rarity of the bird and its 'newness' is also an appeal.  I wanted something 'different' from everything else and birds that have a little "somethin', somethin'" about them.  Where I live my BCMarans and TRUE Ameraucanas are seen as 'exotic', at least that's what a lot of the responses are and advice is when I place birds on Craigslist. That makes it difficult at times to get rid of culled birds or to really get a good price on them, especially roosters.  There are alot of Silkies, Rhode Islands, Rocks...etc.  I never saw myself raising chickens but when we bought our house on 13+ acres, zoned for agriculture, I started thinking of ways to utilize all this land.  Since the addictiion or infestation of this hobby in my life I would like to make it as interesting and as adventurous as I can...I'll probably never make the money back on them but I also like the idea of getting in on the ground floor of something...I joined the US Marines when I was younger partly for the challenge so I guess this is part of that same desire for something different. Perhaps I'll try my hand at shipping eggs but it's simply for my own personal pleasure...my hubby may have a diffferent take on the cost-effectiveness of this decision. 

I'm not sure how much more vibrant a blue the eggs are but these birds have been used commericially across the pond.  I'm not sure how friendly they are...
Greenfire states their stock is from 'sky-blue' layers.
I have heard they can be a bit vocal.
I'm sure that whatever birds one gets it'll be just like any other breed when talking and striving for SOP and the such...that sort of talk turns me into a lurker here - I strive towards it but don't abide by it exclusively.

Life is good, I'm just enjoying the ride!


Maria

I completely agree with this.  I too wanted to get into something new.  Seems like everyone is breeding BCMs and Ameracaunas.  Cream Legbars are beautiful birds.  There is an article about them in a UK magazine I picked up at TSC.  The eggs look beautiful though it is only a photo of them.  Far bluer then Ameracaunas.