Cream Legbars

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Well, when he was recuperating, Dumbledore would get scrambled eggs ON HIS COMB when he would eat. And I figured out the blood I was finding on the coop walls - his comb is so big that he is sometimes scraping it against the upper hardware cloth above his head on the roost when he stands really tall and crows in the morning. So, in practical terms, I'm hoping they get smaller...

 

[caychris]

Well, when he was recuperating, Dumbledore would get scrambled eggs ON HIS COMB when he would eat. And I figured out the blood I was finding on the coop walls - his comb is so big that he is sometimes scraping it against the upper hardware cloth above his head on the roost when he stands really tall and crows in the morning. So, in practical terms, I'm hoping they get smaller...

This was my previous guy that I was planning on breading till he turned mean. Im happier with the guy I have now this guys comb and wattle especially were huge. The pic doesn't even do it justice. And Im in CA with mild weather so Im not sure what influences comb size.

 

[Bantambird]

week 2

week 1

new hatched. Melanistic mutant, with the cinnamon stripe, through 2 weeks now. In bottom she is second from the top.

 

[Naduah]

What do you experienced cream legbar breeders think of the coloring of this cockerel? It's quite different from those I've hatched in the past.

 

[duluthralphie]

You know, something else that may factor into it is temperature. Someone (ChicKat?) mentioned that she suspected that high temperatures during a chicken's young life may lead to big combs. Heaven knows my birds (girls and boy) have huge combs here in South Texas, and they were doing their "growing up" in 90-100F heat. And @duluthralphie was initially totally perplexed by big combs on my pullets because his pullets/hens (in Minnesota) had very small combs.

- Ant Farm

I finally got around to taking pictures of the "Lyle Lovett's Hairdos".

Sorry for quality of the pictures. It was dark in the shed and the weather was not good enough to open the doors. I think you will get the idea. I did notice it was the darker ones with the larger mop top. But even the white sport has a good one started.

 

[rottlady]

LOVE them!
How old are they?

 

[duluthralphie]

Those are late January or early Feb. I got a lot of dark pullets left from this hatch ,I kept a couple lighter ones from the earlier hatch.

For me some of the color is just luck, I never know which one will be light and which one dark when they get older.

 

[TBirdsTheWord33]

@Fire Ant Farm, I think this pullet of mine looks a bit like your lovely Joan Jett.

 

[rottlady]

I finally got around to taking pictures of the "Lyle Lovett's Hairdos".

Sorry for quality of the pictures. It was dark in the shed and the weather was not good enough to open the doors. I think you will get the idea. I did notice it was the darker ones with the larger mop top. But even the white sport has a good one started.

 

[sol2go]

I believe sol2go has said that there are correlations between chick down and adult color. I am still unclear but that doesn't mean their isn't a correlation, I am just not seeing it with my group, which is more melanized than I would like and they all look very similar. I hope to see some variation this summer with my two new pullets. Maybe then I can make some sense of chick down colors.

Hi, so far I have had definite tells from the down colors. I have a test hatch from a new breeding group, will see if it continues to hold true.
I suppose everyone will decide for themselves based on their experience.