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    Cream Legbar Working Group: Standard of Perfection

    Welcome to Cream Legbars! They are such a cool and fun breed, by far my favorite! Here's my two cents on you flock: First with your rooster: His comb doesn't look terribly crooked, but should only have about 6 points He also has a lot of chestnut in his wing, back and saddle. Your hens...
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    Cream Legbar Working Group: Standard of Perfection

    The chick on the right looks good, and provided she develops good adult traits you could breed her, same with the male in the middle. I would not use the chick on the left.
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    I Fed My Chick Too Much Calcium... Now What?

    Sure, if you look at chicken starter that has a calcium range of 0.70%-1.20% compared with game bird starter at 1.0%-1.50% it may seem like a small increase, but really that is an increase of 43.0% - 25.0% which is huge!
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    I Fed My Chick Too Much Calcium... Now What?

    I met with a breeder and purchased 8 cute little Blue/Black Copper Marans, and stopped at the feed store on the way home to get a bag of chick starter. I talked to the counter clerk about my new chicks and my chickens at home, then the stockroom clerk loaded the feed in my car. All the chicks...
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    Cream Legbar Working Group: Standard of Perfection

    That would be great! Thanks!
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    Cream Legbar Working Group: Standard of Perfection

    Hi Flaming Chicken!!! I was so excited to see your response! I still have your number in my phone and think of you and your flock often :) We love Horatio, but re-named him Ref because he is such a good referee with the girls. Thanks for the update about their hatch dates.
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    Cream Legbar Working Group: Standard of Perfection

    My hen's sinus infection began with a bubbly eye, and then her whole sinus cavity swelled up on the right side with a large marble sized lump. I separated her from the flock and treated her with an antibacterial eye ointment and regularly massaged the lump to ease the thick cheese-like pus out...
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    Cream Legbar Working Group: Standard of Perfection

    Thanks! So what do you do with the culls? I have mixed feelings about selling them because if they aren't perfect they shouldn't be used for breeding, but on the other hand I know there are plenty of people who just want them for their cool looks and eggs. Do you sell yours as a CL, or send...
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    Cream Legbar Working Group: Standard of Perfection

    Here's my rooster. He supposedly came from GFF in 2012. I know he has a squirrel tail, curled comb, and some red in his ear lobes, but it was a place to start. He's a nice boy with a docile temperament though he doesn't seek affection he will tolerate handling and is not people aggressive...
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    Cream Legbar Working Group: Standard of Perfection

    Quote: Interesting how this hen has more buff in her breast than salmon.
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    Cream Legbar Working Group: Standard of Perfection

    I got my Cream Legbar trio in the fall from a breeder in northern Washington. She had listed her roo on Craigslist and pointed out that he had a couple faults: curled comb and squirrel tail, but that his color was near perfect. She suggested picking the best roos from the hatch and continue...
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    Cream Legbar Working Group: Standard of Perfection

    Thank you!!
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    Cream Legbar Working Group: Standard of Perfection

    I love my Cream Legbars and am fairly new to breeding them, though I am picky about who I keep for breed stock. I recently posted on a poultry facebook group and was promptly reprimanded that they are "Crested Cream Legbars". Not wanting to get into an argument with this person, I thought I...
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    Comment by 'Cadbury Eggs' in item 'Australorp'

    Thanks for the specific review about rain and mud in the Pacific Northwest. I will consider adding an Australorp to my Washington flock because of your review.
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    Wyandotte hen can't stand up or balance - video

    Thank you for all your support. Yesterday I decided it was time to cull her. I had thought about it a lot, and know that it was not a good quality of life for her. I think I was hanging on more for my benefit and attachment than hers. It was sad, and hard, because I've never had to do that...
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