Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

[alflowers]

The middle chick and the right chick are either Bielefelder/Ameraucana hybrids or Cream Legbar (25%) and Ameraucana hybrids. I had asked for the Cream Legbar hybrids but when I picked them up she said she got her chicks mixed up so they could be either. They are just 4 weeks or a day away from being 4 weeks.

 

[Finnie]

Just curious, when a cockerel feathers in, can it get a salmon breast, or is that just pullets?

 

[jerryse]

Just curious, when a cockerel feathers in, can it get a salmon breast, or is that just pullets?

Depends on the cross but probably not . That is a pullet trait .

 

[Finnie]

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That means out of these four, I have at least two girls!





The larger, blue one is legbar roo over blue splash Marans and the other three are legbar roo over a cream colored easter egger. Half of those chicks came out chipmunk striped and the other half were just yellow. This one I kept actually had 3 black spots on her back. Now that she has feathers, I think she might still have one or two. Her feathers are not really white. They are a pale cream, and I can see a hint of gold coming in on his/her hackles.

The two chipmunk chicks that I kept are the two with the salmon breasts. This group is one month old today.

 

[rottlady]

so I tried searching this thread but my computer and this forum don't like each other much

Breeding an Araucana to a Cream legbar. What do the offspring look like as adults and does it vary depending on which breed the roo was?
If you then take the offspring back to Legbars only what would the offspring from them look like?

Since I know of NO ONE with a real Araucana LOL this is a curiosity question - but came to mind when thinking of bluer eggs and smaller combs

 

[ForrestGump]

The rumpless gene is supposed be be dominant. If you breed a true homozygous for rumpless araucana to a pure legbar all the chicks should be rumpless, crested, and lay blue eggs. Their outward appearance will depend on the color of the parents and which is the roo and which is the hen. I have some Araucana/Legbar crosses. Unfortunately my original Araucana stock had some mixed blood in them, as did my Legbars. I have several rumpless offspring but only one is crested.


This pullet is beautiful, but she lays brown eggs.

 

[rottlady]

hmm. Maybe a tailed British Aracauna then? Are there even any of them in this country?

 

[ForrestGump]

hmm. Maybe a tailed British Aracauna then? Are there even any of them in this country?

I think the British Araucanas are amazing. I wish I could get some here...or maybe develop my own.

 

[alflowers]

Update on my chicks. The Cream Legbar/Ameraucana hybrids (or Bielefelder / Ameraucana hybrids.... the breeder said she got the chicks mixed up) are coming along well. They are now 4.5 weeks old. The chick on the top has a little rusty golden color to her breast now. I do wish I knew if I have Cream Legbar hybrids or Bielefelder hybrids. I guess I will know once they start laying (????)
The chick on the right has such beautiful feathers right now! She is a good bit flighty so getting a photo is difficult with her.


The chick on top in this photo is an Australorp.

 

[jerryse]

Update on my chicks. The Cream Legbar/Ameraucana hybrids (or Bielefelder / Ameraucana hybrids.... the breeder said she got the chicks mixed up) are coming along well. They are now 4.5 weeks old. The chick on the top has a little rusty golden color to her breast now. I do wish I knew if I have Cream Legbar hybrids or Bielefelder hybrids. I guess I will know once they start laying (????)
The chick on the right has such beautiful feathers right now! She is a good bit flighty so getting a photo is difficult with her.


The chick on top in this photo is an Australorp.

I think Bielefelder have single combs as do Legbar . Those look like Pea Combs . So I would say Ameraucana in the mix based on that .