Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

[chicken pickin]

We need to come up with a good CL mutt name that separates our birds from EE's. If we all start calling them one thing, it will catch on.

I agree. I have not called mine EEs(though technically they do fall in the category) I call them CL hybrids.

 

[normanack]

We need to come up with a good CL mutt name that separates our birds from EE's.  If we all start calling them one thing, it will catch on.  

Easter Leggers and Muttbars have been suggested. . . I'm sure there are more.

 

[CibolaChooks]

Yes i forgot about silvers. I think allot of hatchery AMs look like silver hybrids

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and you are also half wrong about ALL Ameraucana not being wildtype... infact Silver Ameraucana are wildtype(salmon breast, chipmunk stripped chicks) they are called Silver, but their genetic term wouldbe Silver duckwing Ameraucana.. here some standard chicks http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook_files/silverlf.jpg here some bantam chicks http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook_files/silverb.jpg directly from the Ameraucan.org site... http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook.html

 

[CibolaChooks]

I agree. I have not called mine EEs(though technically they do fall in the category) I call them CL hybrids.

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[CibolaChooks]

Easter Leggers and Muttbars have been suggested. . . I'm sure there are more.

I like both of those

 

[HaplessRunner]

From Wikipedia:

An Easter Egger is any chicken that possesses the "blue egg" gene, but doesn't fully meet any breed description as defined in the American Poultry Association's (APA) standards, or in the case of Easter Egger bantams, the American Bantam Association's (ABA) standards. The name derives from the resemblance of their colorful eggs to Easter eggs. The Araucana, Ameraucana, and Easter Egger are descended from the same founder stock that spread around the world from Chile and the Falklands.

Commonly confused with the pure bred Araucana and Ameraucana, Easter Eggers are often sold under the name of one of the aforementioned. The majority of chickens in laying flocks that lay blue or green eggs are Easter Eggers.[1] Commonly exhibiting muffs and beards, they generally resemble Ameraucanas. The color of Easter Eggers is particularly variable, and they appear in a great number of patterns.

So they technically are Easter Eggers. However, that term is unsatisfying since from both marketing and personal viewpoint perspectives. I would not recommend "muttbars" since there are many negative connotations with the term "mutt". At the show in Virginia last November, a breeder tried to argue that cream legbars were just mutt chickens, crossbreeds.

Most synonyms for hybrid are not becoming either. We would certainly want the term to be distinctive from Easter Eggers. I looked up synonyms for "colorful" since that is what these eggs are. The words that appealed to me was "prism" or "prismatic".

"Prism Eggers", anyone?

 

[chicken pickin]

From Wikipedia:

An Easter Egger is any chicken that possesses the "blue egg" gene, but doesn't fully meet any breed description as defined in the American Poultry Association's (APA) standards, or in the case of Easter Egger bantams, the American Bantam Association's (ABA) standards. The name derives from the resemblance of their colorful eggs to Easter eggs. The Araucana, Ameraucana, and Easter Egger are descended from the same founder stock that spread around the world from Chile and the Falklands.

Commonly confused with the pure bred Araucana and Ameraucana, Easter Eggers are often sold under the name of one of the aforementioned. The majority of chickens in laying flocks that lay blue or green eggs are Easter Eggers.[1] Commonly exhibiting muffs and beards, they generally resemble Ameraucanas. The color of Easter Eggers is particularly variable, and they appear in a great number of patterns.

So they technically are Easter Eggers. However, that term is unsatisfying since from both marketing and personal viewpoint perspectives. I would not recommend "muttbars" since there are many negative connotations with the term "mutt". At the show in Virginia last November, a breeder tried to argue that cream legbars were just mutt chickens, crossbreeds.

Most synonyms for hybrid are not becoming either. We would certainly want the term to be distinctive from Easter Eggers. I looked up synonyms for "colorful" since that is what these eggs are. The words that appealed to me was "prism" or "prismatic".

"Prism Eggers", anyone?

Not bad!

I do not like muttbars either. It seems like it would send negative images of unplanned crosses, where as most of us are purposefully doing this cross. I know my specific crosses create sexlinks so that to me is a positive aspect that I think people would enjoy. They should definitely have a name that sends positive images and also reflects that they are indeed part CL.

So maybe instead of Prism Eggers they could be Prism Legbars? or I think I like better Prismatic Legbars?

 

[CibolaChooks]

Creamys

 

[farmhand]

Easter Leggers and Muttbars have been suggested. . . I'm sure there are more.

I like Muttbars

 

[CibolaChooks]

Cream muddles