Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

[Junibutt]

That is is interesting and so odd! Were the pullets mean too? I have a Buff Orpington hen who is on the low end of the pecking order - i have always considered both breeds to be non-aggressive. Thanks for the heads up! I think I might avoid that mix. Too bad - those are beautiful birds1

Kind of related to Orpingtons, so I am mentioning this. I am giving a second go to Jubilee Orpingtons at the moment. My first time was last year and contrary to what I have read and heard about Orpingtons, they were the wildest chicks, never let me touch them, threw everything around in the coop in their zest to get away from me and as they grew older (more than 8 weeks), the cockerels started pecking my hands as I started to reach out to pick them up. And it wasnt just a gentle get away from me peck, those were violent, grab my skin and not let go pecks. So I had to start wearing gloves before handling them and finally sold all of them (including pullets) for their non-friendliness. They were beautiful birds so I have decided to give another go this year.

So I ordered 3 weeks old chicks again (my fault should have ordered day olds) and they are behaving exactly the same and so are the black mottled Orpingtons. (the mottled are a bit calmer). They are 7 weeks old now, however the good thing is they have not started pecking me as of yet. I am hoping they don't ruin the behavior of the Legbar hybrid chicks I hatched and am brooding with them.

So much for calm and friendly Orpingtons.

 

[Junibutt]

No she was the only one that came from that cross, I had several juvenile cockerels in with the legbar hens that I didn't think were mature enough to breed, and she was a total surprise. By process of elimination the only cockerel with black legs like her was the australorp. I have a couple more pics of some other crosses that came from that hatching. One is a barred rock cross cockerel and a pullet. Here's the cockerel
and this is the pullet
I'll have to get some more recent pics, if I can get them to sit still

Just wondering how you were able to conclude that the cockerel was a Barred Rock hybrid and not an Australorp hybrid?

 

[rooboo]

That is is interesting and so odd!  Were the pullets mean too?  I have a Buff Orpington hen who is on the low end of the pecking order - i have always considered both breeds to be non-aggressive.  Thanks for the heads up!   I think I might avoid that mix.  Too bad - those are beautiful birds1

The pullets seem to be just fine, if anything a little skittish. One of them has a little crest with a black streak through it. As it turned out the woman who I got the eggs from ended up culling the rooster for aggressiveness too. So it may have just been the wrong rooster. I'm waiting for the first eggs from the pullets, which should be green. I have a very nice lavender orpington rooster with some legbars now that I'll hatch some eggs to see what I get.

 

[rooboo]

Just wondering how you were able to conclude that the cockerel was a Barred Rock hybrid and not an Australorp hybrid?

That's an interesting question, I pretty much based that on the leg color. If someone who knows more about the leg color genes would confirm that the leg color could be yellow from that cross it would definitely change my mind.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

That's an interesting question, I pretty much based that on the leg color. If someone who knows more about the leg color genes would confirm that the leg color could be yellow from that cross it would definitely change my mind.

If she would have been from a barred rock x legbar, she would have been barred. About leg color- australorps have white skin which is dominant so she should have pink bottoms on her feet. Remember in this case though, just having black legs doesn't mean anything because if you look at black sexlinks from RIR x barred rock, both parent breeds have yellow skin but the pullets almost always have black legs

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

Kind of related to Orpingtons, so I am mentioning this. I am giving a second go to Jubilee Orpingtons at the moment. My first time was last year and contrary to what I have read and heard about Orpingtons, they were the wildest chicks, never let me touch them, threw everything around in the coop in their zest to get away from me and as they grew older (more than 8 weeks), the cockerels started pecking my hands as I started to reach out to pick them up. And it wasnt just a gentle get away from me peck, those were violent, grab my skin and not let go pecks. So I had to start wearing gloves before handling them and finally sold all of them (including pullets) for their non-friendliness. They were beautiful birds so I have decided to give another go this year.

So I ordered 3 weeks old chicks again (my fault should have ordered day olds) and they are behaving exactly the same and so are the black mottled Orpingtons. (the mottled are a bit calmer). They are 7 weeks old now, however the good thing is they have not started pecking me as of yet. I am hoping they don't ruin the behavior of the Legbar hybrid chicks I hatched and am brooding with them.

So much for calm and friendly Orpingtons.

My Jubilee chicks were abnormally skittish as well. I think they are calming down a bit and I haven't seen any aggressiveness yet.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

On the left is 1/4 autosexing EE, 1/4 original legbar, 1/2 rose combed legbar, then middle is a rose comved legbar, and on the right is just a normal legbar

 

[rooboo]

That is is interesting and so odd!  Were the pullets mean too?  I have a Buff Orpington hen who is on the low end of the pecking order - i have always considered both breeds to be non-aggressive.  Thanks for the heads up!   I think I might avoid that mix.  Too bad - those are beautiful birds1

I realized that I do still have an older buff-bar rooster, he was in what I call my "manners" pen. That's where naughty cockerels go to learn that they're not the toughest boy on the block. It's a pen with several mature roosters that don't take kindly to juvenile brats. It's something I've been trying and it seems to work pretty well, after a few days in the manner pen the boys change their attitudes and usually come and hang around me to protect them from the others. It definitely takes them down a peg. Anyway, here's what the buffbar roo's look like, think they are beautiful looking birds.

He's not to much worse for the wear. Just missing some feathers from the back of his head and a couple boo boos on his comb. But he's learned how to get along.

 

[Junibutt]

If she would have been from a barred rock x legbar, she would have been barred. About leg color- australorps have white skin which is dominant so she should have pink bottoms on her feet. Remember in this case though, just having black legs doesn't mean anything because if you look at black sexlinks from RIR x barred rock, both parent breeds have yellow skin but the pullets almost always have black legs

No she was the only one that came from that cross, I had several juvenile cockerels in with the legbar hens that I didn't think were mature enough to breed, and she was a total surprise. By process of elimination the only cockerel with black legs like her was the australorp. I have a couple more pics of some other crosses that came from that hatching. One is a barred rock cross cockerel and a pullet. Here's the cockerel
and this is the pullet
I'll have to get some more recent pics, if I can get them to sit still

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

With barring you normally will not get black legs. There is a super tiny chance at getting any barred bird with black/slate legs. Based on the glimpse of leg color I can see there, he looks to have white legs with shading. If that is the case, he is from the australorp male bred to a legbar female