Cream Legbar Working Group: Standard of Perfection

[kris86AR]

 

[kris86AR]

Any thoughts on these 3 birds? My first hatch out of my two CL. I know one female with good markings... The other two have me questioning

 

[ChicKat]

Any thoughts on these 3 birds? My first hatch out of my two CL. I know one female with good markings... The other two have me questioning

Congrats! cute chicks -- and you have a variety of down colors. I would say center chick is male. the other two female.

 

[kris86AR]

Congrats!  cute chicks  -- and you have a variety of down colors.  I would say center chick is male. the other two female. 

Would you suggest not breeding female on right due to poor markings? And same on male in middle? Im new and it was easy to spot female on right but other two were ...????.... I want strong marking in this blood line (being color blind it helps!!!!)

 

[Cadbury Eggs]

The chick on the right looks good, and provided she develops good adult traits you could breed her, same with the male in the middle. I would not use the chick on the left.

 

[dseagle64]

Thanks for the info. She is a pretty girl and is laying 5 eggs a week. Wish I had 5 more..LOL

 

[GaryDean26]

I can arrange for 5 more for you. I can't guaranty that they will have spurs, but they will lay 5 eggs a weeks.

 

[dseagle64]

Ist Marines air wing.

 

[kris86AR]

My one femal CL is gasping for air with every heart beat.... Dosent want to walk and its abdomen feels tighter possibly bloated more than the other 32 chicks i have right now. Laying down and refuses to walk. 4 days old.... What to do. None of the other chickens are havkng any problems. So shouldbt be heat l, food, water or brooder bedding.... Could she be backed up with poop? Should i just leave her alone instead of compounding problems?

 

[Bantambird]

You might want to separate her. The first week can be the hardest and most vulnerable time for them, and many weak chicks don't make it. If you can make a quiet spot in the brooder where she can hear and possibly see the others so she can rest, that can help. Apple cider vinegar, unfiltered with mother, like Bragg's, can help certain digestive issues. I have good luck with electrolytes/sugar water in weak chicks. If she drinks that is great, making them drink can also make them drown if you aren't careful. Nutri-drench is good stuff too for deficiencies. Some people get liquid baby vitamins too. You can try massage, but such a little one is hard to save if it's blocked up on the inside. I hope she makes it, but swollen abdomen can mean stopped up, or bleeding internally, or swelling due to infection, or any other hard to fix things. A vet may be best able to help her.