Cream Legbars?!? Price? Information Please?

[kristianhope18]

I just ordered 12+ Cream Legbar hatching eggs from California! I'm in Eastern Kentucky and noone I've talked to have even heard of a cream legbar!! I have been looking at them for a while and I love rare unique birds and I finally caved and ordered some! The only ones I could find were again in California! First I am curious at what everyone thinks about how my hatch rate is going to be? They are tested proven fertile eggs shipped fresh?!? Priority shipping (2 days)!! Also how much do these birds go for? How much would I sell the chicks an adults considering I do plan on breeding them (crossing my fingers I get a pair I don't wanna count my chickens before they hatch tho 0.0) Considering these are so rare around here wonder what would be a good asking price? Also does anyone have any information on the breed? Friendliness? Do they go broody? Care? Tips? Etc? These are what the parents look like!

 

[clankeyes]

These are really cool birds.. I live in WA and my friends just ordered some eggs from back East LOL..

 

[kristianhope18]

Are you kidding me???!? My luck lol do u know how much she paid?

 

[kristianhope18]

Or he lol

 

[Michael OShay]

There is a Cream Legbar page in BYCs Breed section. If you haven't checked it out yet, just click on https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/cream-legbar-originally-bred-by-r-c-punnett
Also My Pet Chicken has an article on Cream Legbars at http://www.mypetchicken.com/chicken-breeds/Legbar-B151.aspx They also sell them and they are very expensive ($49.00 per pullet chick, $45.00 per cockerel chick). Greenfire Farms in Florida also has an article on them and sells them for $59.00 for a female chick and $29.00 for a male chick. They also sell the Rees Cream Legbar chicks which are even more expensive ($149.00 for either sex). Poultrykeeper.com has an article on Cream Legbars at http://poultrykeeper.com/chicken-breeds/legbar-chickens Just Struttin Farm also sells the fertile Cream Legbar eggs for $4.00 ea. (http://www.juststruttinfarm.com/for-sale.html). Hope this helps. Good luck with your Cream Legbars.

 

[kristianhope18]

Awesome! Thanks so much! You were a huge help! Now if I can only decide on what price I should charge (again knock on wood hopefully I get a pair 0.0)

 

[Michael OShay]

Awesome! Thanks so much! You were a huge help! Now if I can only decide on what price I should charge (again knock on wood hopefully I get a pair 0.0)

You're welcome.

 

[Manningjw]

Every year the price for birds like Cream Legbars will continue to drop. The thing about chickens is that they are exceptionally easy to hatch/breed. The high cost was due to initial importing of the breed and the lack of supply. Now that so many people maintain flocks the supply is up and prices have dropped dramatically. I noticed several people on Craigslist selling cockerels in my area for $5 each, hatching eggs $25 for 1 dozen.

Those of you who maintain flocks of these chickens - how often do they lay eggs? From the breed descriptions on hatchery sites it seems to indicate around 180 a year which can be less than Blue Ameraucanas.

 

[clankeyes]

Are you kidding me???!? My luck lol do u know how much she paid?

Let me find out who she ordered from for you.

 

[clankeyes]

Let me find out who she ordered from for you.

Are you kidding me???!? My luck lol do u know how much she paid?

So my friend ordered from this site.. she said she ordered them under the tabs of hatching eggs for sale . she thinks she ordered them from WV... ALSO. .. did you look on CL ? we did a search and found 2 breeders 3 hours from our home and did a road trip one day getting her 12 for $40 and $18 for $90 .