Cream Legbar Pictures

[ChicKat]

Our solo 6 week old boy. DH has named him Russell Crowe. He's just starting to get some "crest" like feathers on his head and is looking mighty fine, which is just in time since we are picking him up a couple of girlfriends this weekend! WOOHOO!

Great looking boy -- and nice crest too.

 

[chicken pickin]

Here is an updated pic of my boy Mookey he is about 12 weeks old now



His comb is not good I know.

 

[ChicKat]

Here is an updated pic of my boy Mookey he is about 12 weeks old now



His comb is not good I know.

I like Mookey - he's going to grow up to be a nice rooster! Keep posting pictures.

 

[sol2go]

Examples of cream and gold neck hackles from the "seven sisters" - cream is the objective, but gold variations are common even among closely related birds. I think these are fair representations of each color.

gold at top, cream below




cream to the left, gold to the right
(lavender Orpington and Wheaten Ameraucana also in frame)




gold lower left, cream upper right
(partridge EE and Wheaten Ameraucana also in frame)

 

[sol2go]

and a few grouped together

3 with cream variations
(some have heavier barring on neck hackles)





3 with gold variations (notice crest color too)

 

[ChicKat]

and a few grouped together

3 with cream variations
(some have heavier barring on neck hackles)





3 with gold variations (notice crest color too)

Sol2go -->Nice examples -- and nice birds too--- Of the three I have here...their crests resemble the bird in the last picture. So for everyone -- does the red-headed Cream Legbar probably indicate gold neck hackles? What's y'alls take on it??

 

[sol2go]

Sol2go -->Nice examples -- and nice birds too--- Of the three I have here...their crests resemble the bird in the last picture. So for everyone -- does the red-headed Cream Legbar probably indicate gold neck hackles? What's y'alls take on it??

I'd love to know that too. Is it possible / correct to have a gold crest and cream hackles? I have an 8 week old pullet that is leaning that way...

 

[ChicKat]

I'd love to know that too. Is it possible / correct to have a gold crest and cream hackles? I have an 8 week old pullet that is leaning that way...

I'll try to put up a photo of my little monsters in the next couple of days.

Our temps have reached triple-digits now and the sun is very direct. My CL with the golden hackles is now bleached fairly light - The sun is really harsh here.... Once I had some Barred Plymouth Rocks that were bleached to mahogany and white instead of black and white. Strangely their fluff bleached the most because they were always searching the ground for bugs, seeds, and other chicken delicacies. So, now for the CLs their reddish crests are turning blond too. If I don't hurry and get some shots they will be white CLs LOL.

 

[sol2go]

I'll try to put up a photo of my little monsters in the next couple of days.

Our temps have reached triple-digits now and the sun is very direct. My CL with the golden hackles is now bleached fairly light - The sun is really harsh here.... Once I had some Barred Plymouth Rocks that were bleached to mahogany and white instead of black and white. Strangely their fluff bleached the most because they were always searching the ground for bugs, seeds, and other chicken delicacies. So, now for the CLs their reddish crests are turning blond too. If I don't hurry and get some shots they will be white CLs LOL.

That's a cute fluff note =) I would be interested to see a mahogany Barred Rock?! I have had old Barred Rocks and Cuckoo Marans. Their feathers did look a little brownish black?

Back to the CCLs, I also noticed that some of the golden hackles became lighter. In this case, they did not all lighten up to the same degree so I thought it must be a color difference that showed up with age. I think there has been some discussion as to how uniformly the cream gene is expressed. A bleached blonde makes perfect sense =) The seven sisters are understood to be GFF line B, do you know what line your golden crested pullets are? Maybe it doesn't matter, as mine have so much variation within the same group.

The photos I posted previously were taken late in the afternoon after the sun was behind the trees and the pullets were out of the direct light. Even then, some of the birds that have gold hackles looked washed out, tending towards cream.

 

[ChicKat]

That's a cute fluff note =) I would be interested to see a mahogany Barred Rock?! I have had old Barred Rocks and Cuckoo Marans. Their feathers did look a little brownish black?

Back to the CCLs, I also noticed that some of the golden hackles became lighter. In this case, they did not all lighten up to the same degree so I thought it must be a color difference that showed up with age. I think there has been some discussion as to how uniformly the cream gene is expressed. A bleached blonde makes perfect sense =) The seven sisters are understood to be GFF line B, do you know what line your golden crested pullets are? Maybe it doesn't matter, as mine have so much variation within the same group.

The photos I posted previously were taken late in the afternoon after the sun was behind the trees and the pullets were out of the direct light. Even then, some of the birds that have gold hackles looked washed out, tending towards cream.

Good point....because I do think that the coloring does lighten with age as well. (but wouldn't that require a molt to really change color, or will the later growing in feathers tend to be lighter. ) hmm