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  1. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

  2. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    Good Morning Everyone: The Cream Legbar Club is having its Second Club Meeting for the year today. It has come to my attention that several members have not received their meeting invites so I thought I'd post the invite for anyone who would like to join us today (1 PM Pacific) The agenda...
  3. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    I think that there are other genes that influence the size of the crest. Not sure if it skull shape, a variant of the crest gene itself, or other genes that increase feather length (think the longer feathers that run along side the comb in some breeds) or amount ( recessive stubs). There may be...
  4. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    Hmm, if anything my Legbar eggs are much thicker and harder to crack than my heritage assortment--most especially the pullets. I have attributed the thinner shells on my heritage girls to the majority of them being 4-6 years old. They definitely get thinner shells by the end of the laying...
  5. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    Bummer--how old are they? Any chance they might be late bloomers? Statistically if all of your birds are heterozygous for cresting, 1/4 of the offspring will be non-crested. I started with what I thought were homozygous for cresting boys and 2 non-crested hens. I was surprised that with one...
  6. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    Its a good thought to look at possible throwbacks. However in this case, the down colors are telling us that most likely E locus the parent (or one parent at least) stock carries is a dominant pattern and thus unlikely passed on as a hidden trait. The black chick down will come from the dominant...
  7. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    I bet he turned out quite striking. He actually looks like he only has one barring gene to me, which would support the theory that there was a fence-jumper unbeknownst to the breeder. Or the hen is a hussy and got into another pen.
  8. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    The OAC has a number of colors throughout the spectrum. Because it is designed for all sorts of commerce it is less specific/detailed in the blue/green colors than the one for the Ameraucanas. If you have non-traditional colors (OE) then the OAC will probably be a better fit for you since the...
  9. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

  10. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    Hi tdhenson86...I got mine off ebay about 2 years ago but it looks like they seller is no longer there. I am wiling to bet that they had a specific number printed and once those sold they did not prind a second batch. Too bad! The Ameraucana Club has egg color charts available and that may be...
  11. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    Hi Stryker! Just this evening I was cracking eggs for dinner and one egg had a blue interior and two were very pale--I am sure the membranes were opaque on the ones that looked white. If you run the eggs under water and very gently strip the membranes then rub more to get the remainder off you...
  12. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    Hi Stryker, of course if all CLB boys were sterile then there would be no more Cream Legbars ...you have referenced a blog that is saying most Cream Legbar males are sterile...or that is the way I interpret it anyway. Could you provide a link to that blog? Although I have had some late...
  13. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    I am very sorry to hear of your predator induced depopulation. I have had one coyote loss from a hen that insisted on free ranging outside of the large backyard where I keep the flock pastured. I have a Border Collie who plays in the yard and I haven't had any Coyotes in the yard since she has...
  14. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    Hi lcammack! She is quite pretty, but the wrong coloration for a Cream Legbar. Her breast looks lacking in proper salmon and honestly I can't see any barring. Those points along with the blue coloration lead me to believe a stray rooster (or maybe the hen was a hussy and hopped the fence to be...
  15. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    Actually, that's not a bad idea. You could breed him to your girl to confirm if they have recessive stubs with the expectation that 100% of their offspring would have stubs if that were the case. If less than 100% the. You could conclude that the stubs are a dominant mutation or that there are...
  16. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    I am one person who has posted about feather stubs but they did not disappear after the first molt, so there is more than one person out there with some feather stubs. I am not upset about the stubs and it is just one more problem to be worked on and solved with this breed. All breeds have...
  17. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    Maybe consider an egg swap with some breeders in other states if you are up for risking trying to hatch shipped eggs!
  18. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    @ chicken pickin, what a great photo progression--thanks for posting that! Our weather changed so abruptly this time around, I think that the combs didn't have a chance to acclimate. 60+ one day then -6 the next night was too much. I was at sustained -15 for a spell last year and did not have...
  19. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    I am doing a test of sorts...it's currently 6 degrees with 10 mph winds and is projected to get down to negatives overnight. We will maybe get 4 + inches of snow . Two of my 5 month olds have been roosting in an apple tree and climbed so high I can't get them down. So we shall see if they...
  20. dretd

    The Legbar Thread!

    Hi Peep_show! The down on the 'girl' is definitely off for a CL. It is possible that it is a mix of some kind. Another thought is that it may be recessive genetics coming out that have been buried.Scenario: If a person gets a set of hatching eggs from another and hatch a boy and a girl...
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