Cream Legbars

[sol2go]

August 31st baby... We're cheering you on...Olive eggers

Question, only one egg?

to all you maransxCL fans

I have a few pullets growing out, waiting for those first eggs...

by the way my roo is blue copper, and all the pullets have been a pretty blue laced

 

[Brada Puhi]

Aloha,

I had a couple wrong in the blue green area and a few elsewhere too. I should try again to beat your awesome 3!

Aloha, Puhi

 

[chrissyr]

So I have 13 boys, and all of those pics would make your head explode.
So to narrow it down I have questions:
Some have nice crests, but those usually don't have as straight of combs. Some with the crests have kind of straight combs,but the crestless have straighter combs.
Which is better to choose?
And I'm reading the standard. It seems I choose the cockerel with the least salmon coloring . Is that correct?
And I'm not sure if the dark or light barring is better.
Could anyone give me input on these items?
Thank you

 

[chambe94]

Roosters shouldn't have any salmon color (the color on the girls' breasts). The other questions I will leave to someone else

 

[Brada Puhi]

Aloha,

Well I don't know which one to pick but perhaps you want to go with the hardest one to correct first then correct the easier one on the next generation. Gary Dean knows. Gary? I mean uh... Dean....I mean uh....... Haha.

Aloha, Puhi

 

[chicken pickin]

So I have 13 boys, and all of those pics would make your head explode.
So to narrow it down I have questions:
Some have nice crests, but those usually don't have as straight of combs. Some with the crests have kind of straight combs,but the crestless have straighter combs.
Which is better to choose?
And I'm reading the standard. It seems I choose the cockerel with the least salmon coloring . Is that correct?
And I'm not sure if the dark or light barring is better.
Could anyone give me input on these items?
Thank you

Pics are great, we LOVE to see pics of CL. So Post away.

First how old are your boys? It's true you don't want salmon on your boys. I have seen some pics of very young males maybe 4-8weeks-ish with slight salmon but it's just baby feathers and they will grow out of it. If you mean chestnut in males a little older then some chestnut is permissible though you don't want too much.

If you have crested birds to work with choose a crested male and cull the uncrested(same goes for the pullets). If you use an uncreated male(or female) he will not pass the crest gene to his offspring and then you will end up with some crested and some non crested chicks. And even then the crested offspring will only have one copy of the crest gene meaning it won't always pass it to the next generations. This will end up being frustrating for you in your breeding program as well as for potential customers. I hope I'm making sense I'm typing on an iPhone lol. Im sure someone else will elaborate.

As for the dark and light barring. I believe the darker barring is more towards the proposed standard. That is what I am aiming toward. My main boy has dark barring. But if I have a light male with other great qualities I would use him and I have.

I hope you post pics. It will really help us to help you

 

[ChicKat]

So I have 13 boys, and all of those pics would make your head explode.
So to narrow it down I have questions:
Some have nice crests, but those usually don't have as straight of combs. Some with the crests have kind of straight combs,but the crestless have straighter combs.
Which is better to choose?
And I'm reading the standard. It seems I choose the cockerel with the least salmon coloring . Is that correct?
And I'm not sure if the dark or light barring is better.
Could anyone give me input on these items?
Thank you

I agree with chicken pickin that you would probably choose one of your cockerels with a crest to breed your flock. Then of those - select the one with the straightest, nicest comb - and keep working the crest/comb thing as you go forward. Sounds like what you wrote that the crest is the cause of wrinkled combs- confirms the theory we have been following.

If what you are referring to about salmon on breast of male is what I am thinking - it is a baby-feather thing that will go away. The male goes through a lot of subtle color changes IMO - you may see the salmon (which is really kind of a smokey-pink) then subsequently turn white-looking before the adult dark barring comes into the breast of the cockerel. for females you will want to choose a clear salmon breast.




Does the salmon you are speaking of resemble this little guy? I was really surprised when I first saw it--- He grew up to have very light coloration - he's around 2-years old now.

 

[Sunshine0235]

Thought I would ask here as long as the What breed or gender is this? forum.
These guys hatched yesterday. 2 are males, 2 are females, and one im not sure, but am thinking female.

Heres a confirmed female:



Heres a male: (plain looking with headspot)


This is the one im unsure about, its got stripes, but is dark all over, on the front of its head is definite chipmunk stripes, then a splotchy headspot and then it goes into the dark grey with the two white chipmunk stripes.

 

[chicken pickin]

Thought I would ask here as long as the What breed or gender is this? forum.
These guys hatched yesterday. 2 are males, 2 are females, and one im not sure, but am thinking female.

Heres a confirmed female:



Heres a male: (plain looking with headspot)


This is the one im unsure about, its got stripes, but is dark all over, on the front of its head is definite chipmunk stripes, then a splotchy headspot and then it goes into the dark grey with the two white chipmunk stripes.

Looks male due to the very large head splotch.

 

[cutipatooti]

It looks male.