I crossed a cream legbar with a ----- and this is what I got

[1Chick Magnet]

hi,

I have a cream legbar rooster. I would love to know more about the genitics of this breed. I plan to breed him to other breeds and would love to have some genetic advice.

if anyone has bred legbars to other breeds I would love to know what your results were.
posting photos would be fantastic.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

You should try crossing him with a lightbrown colored hen. If you have any welsummers or light brown leghorns, those would be better than many breeds. I crossed my rooster with some rose combed light brown leghorn hens to work on a rose combed legbar. I will breed these back to legbars and just keep the best and breed from them over time. Here are a couple pics of my 'legbarhorns' (what I am calling these chicks)

 

[Sphinx]

Back to your original question, I had my french black copper marans rooster over my legbar hen. I got 7/7 babies hatch, and it turns out that is a sex link- the boys had a white spot on their head and were very obviously barred. The females are almost solid black.


Pretty dramatic difference, no?

They're only 8 weeks old now (that picture is a couple weeks old), so they haven't grown out. Also, I sold the two boys because I need more roosters like I need a hole in the head, so I don't have grown pictures. I'm guessing when they lay, they'll lay olive eggs. I'll keep you posted though.

I think to use legbars for a sexlink, you have to have a legbar hen with a black rooster over her. I found this article very informative on making sexlinks: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information

 

[Minky]

ok, so here is my CLB and a few of his cockerel sons. in and around my compost heap.This first one (freckles) was the cutest little yellow and black chick. His momma is an easter egger who lay beautiful blue eggs. The albinos (sunny and fluffy) were big fluffy yellow chicks. Their momma is a Buff Orpington who lays extra large buff coloured eggs. One of them seems to be a real jerk. He is always last to roost, and being a jerk to all the littles. There are a couple more roos- one from a mystery hen i have, and another from the same Buff Orpington- but he's always in the forest past the poison ivy and hard to get a good pic of. Will try later today!!

 

[oregonkat]

Here is what you get when you cross BCM x CCL.

As far as I understand, the CCL hen only carries one barring gene and therefore the pullets will always be black with this cross and the cockerels will be barred. The two pullets above and the little cockerel are sisters and brother.

 

[Sparkway]

Hi hope its ok to jump in this us my cream legbar x. Father is a CLB mother is a New Hampshire. She is 9 weeks old and a very pretty feisty little girl

 

[chicken pickin]

I just realized I haven't updated pics recently on this thread. I have been posting pic on the cream legbar hybrid thread. Lots of great info and pics there if anyone wants to come on over.

Here are the 2 pullets now 15 weeks old CL x SLC

 

[Bush84]

Some of my buff orp and cream legbar crosses look like crested buff orpingtons you can see some darker feathers in the tail and wings but it's not a ton. If I were to cross one of these back to my buff orps would the crest stay?

 

[Minky]

Sure, I can play!

I crossed a cream legbar (roo) with a buff orpington, auracauna, barnevelder and a splash mystery (maran?) and got this cute pile of chicks!

In this shot they are 2 days old. Updated pictures to come!

 

[Minky]

Ok- a few from the barn at 10 days old...