Cream Legbars

[lonnyandrinda]

Yes, the white one is a "sport" they pop up once in a while from a recessive gene that appears fairly common in US stock. They are still sexable. If you look close you can still see the stripe running all the way down her head and back. I hatch one or two per month with weekly hatches of 18-24 eggs.

 

[ncharriere]

Thar

Yes, the white one is a "sport" they pop up once in a while from a recessive gene that appears fairly common in US stock.  They are still sexable.  If you look close you can still see the stripe running all the way down her head and back.  I hatch one or two per month with weekly hatches of 18-24 eggs.

That is awesome. I had not seen a white one while I was researching the breed. She is very pretty. Do you have photos of what they look like full grown? I left the last two eggs in the incubator but not sure how long to leave them past hatch date. Thanks

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Post 1040 has a little white cockerel. Found a picture with a white hen on Feathers and Fluff blog. There are a few people that are starting flocks of them because they like the look. Maybe one of them will pop in soon and share a flock picture.

ETA I would leave them for two days past due date, then candle to check for movement/internal pipping before you toss them. I like to pop a little hope at the top on the air cell and make sure they aren't moving before I toss. And I like to eggtopsy sometimes to see how many males/females were lost and try to figure out why, usually only on the eggs that died near hatch.

 

[sol2go]

Yes I picked the most varied from the hatch- except I didn't get my super light boy from that batch into the photo; he'd already been sold. I had a total of 8 boys and 7 girls including this white girl. I banded the little gray girl, we will see how she grows out. I haven't hatched one like her before.

Here's some pullets similar to lonnyandrinda (I purchased as chicks this spring from two different breeders). Their down colors were as distinctly different as lonnyandrinda's post. As chicks, each pair looked virtually identical in color and markings. At four weeks, the feathering of the silver down chicks looked more like cockerels than pullets. After about 4 weeks each pair began to show differences within the pair. The white pullet was still "chipmunk striped" but it was really faint.


white and dark chipmunk pullets (can't find my silver down photo)




dark chipmunk down with feathers at 7 weeks




recessive white at 8 weeks




silver down with feathers at 8 weeks

 

[lawatt]

those pullets are so lovely! i decided today to take some chick-portraits, for later comparison once they've grown up -- and here are the two CLs, both about 5 days old:



little girl



with their broody-mom Daisy



little boy on mom's back

 

[ncharriere]

Post 1040 has a little white cockerel.  Found a picture with a white hen on Feathers and Fluff blog.  There are a few people that are starting flocks of them because they like the look.  Maybe one of them will pop in soon and share a flock picture.

ETA I would leave them for two days past due date, then candle to check for movement/internal pipping before you toss them.  I like to pop a little hope at the top on the air cell and make sure they aren't moving before I toss.  And I like to eggtopsy sometimes to see how many males/females were lost and try to figure out why, usually only on the eggs that died near hatch.

Thank you for the information. The last two eggs did not hatch so tomorrow I will be turning off the incubator. I was wondering which of the four pullets I should keep. I am keeping two. One is really dark and the others are a little lighter. Is there anything I should look for when making my decision? Thank you

 

[lonnyandrinda]

If you are hoping for correctly colored pullets I would pick the two lightest to keep. If they are just for backyard lovelies go with the best personalities.

 

[ChicKat]

Here's some pullets similar to lonnyandrinda (I purchased as chicks this spring from two different breeders). Their down colors were as distinctly different as lonnyandrinda's post. As chicks, each pair looked virtually identical in color and markings. At four weeks, the feathering of the silver down chicks looked more like cockerels than pullets. After about 4 weeks each pair began to show differences within the pair. The white pullet was still "chipmunk striped" but it was really faint.


white and dark chipmunk pullets (can't find my silver down photo)




dark chipmunk down with feathers at 7 weeks




recessive white at 8 weeks




silver down with feathers at 8 weeks

Very good set of pictures, and very well defined. T H A N K S !!

 

[harriedhomemaker]

My CLs are nearly 2 weeks old. They are very healthy and are feathering in nicely, but they are also the most boring chicks I've ever brooded. Most chicks keep me laughing with their antics and zany behavior. These guys? Not so much. Maybe I bought Couch Legbars instead of Cream Legbars by accident.

Maybe they will liven up when I move them into a larger brooder. That will happen as soon as I move my ducklings outdoors, and that will occur after I build a new breeding pen and duck house, so it may be a week or so.




Aragorn and Faramir




Galadriel

 

[KPenley]

Beautiful chicks! Most of mine are really laid back too, but there is the occasional pullet who wants to be King/Queen of the mountain, which does make for some giggles. And just wait until the Roos start to crow...