Cream Legbars

[Kathyb2]

Jumped in with both feet and won an auction for 12 Rees Cream Legbars. I am new to breeding and couldn't get past the close inbreeding. I plan to hatch some eggs from earlier lines and cross with the Rees.



If anyone is interested, I would like to sell 4 of the females and 3 of the males. I am in South GA, I cannot ship but I would be willing to meet somewhere.

 

[ChicKat]

Jumped in with both feet and won an auction for 12 Rees Cream Legbars. I am new to breeding and couldn't get past the close inbreeding. I plan to hatch some eggs from earlier lines and cross with the Rees.



If anyone is interested, I would like to sell 4 of the females and 3 of the males. I am in South GA, I cannot ship but I would be willing to meet somewhere.

cute chicks - congrats on your successful win... I especially like the little girl left front. -- just appeals to me.
:O)

 

[DoubleMM]

What a great question!!

There was some talk awhile back that even time of hatch can have an effect on the size of comb and wattle. As I recall winter hatched cockerels were destined to have a smaller comb and wattles. Isn't that interesting - I think light had something to do with it - and the breeder who first brought it up - said to get the cockerels as cold and in as much light as early as possible.

Conversely, in our super hot climate - I wonder if our males don't grow larger combs and wattles to help dissipate any body heat possible. I also see them collapse in the sun like a puppet with the strings cut and spread their feathers and think that they are trying to absorb some of the D 'sunshine vitamin'

Incidentally on a totally different but already touched on topic in these threads some place....a study about light and embryonic development MAY suggest that on day 17 and going forward embryonic development is benefited by light on the eggshell... especially for males, affecting the eyesight. We were discussing the idea that the mean rooster -- is mean not because he has an evil heart....

but because he has very, very bad eyesight.

Since evil was brought up... I'll play devil's advocate... How much light gets under a broody hen from day 17 thru hatch

 

[WalleyWaller]

I really like your cockerel!

Its hard to tell in the pic but is he crested?

Thank you! Yes. He is Crested and his comb is straight.. I will post a better pic when I get back home at the end of the week.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Please do not use this boy. In addition to WAY too much chestnut his neck barring is a mess as best I can tell from this shot.

The left boy has good type, a good long back, nice tail angle, good leg color, decent barring, I think good earlobe color, and decent feather coloring. Can't really evaluate his comb/crest from this picture (his comb look too flyaway/tall hard to tell) but I like him a lot. I can't tell mich about the right boy besides his saddle feathers have a lot more chestnut/gold in them that I personally like to use in a breeding pen.

This guy is decent, his comb looks better than the above boy I liked, but it's hard to tell how much they compare from the quality and angles of these photos. If you have room to keep only two this would be back-up boy IMO. Again with what little I can tell from the photos.

Since evil was brought up... I'll play devil's advocate... How much light gets under a broody hen from day 17 thru hatch

X2 My thoughts exactly.

 

[ChicKat]

Since evil was brought up... I'll play devil's advocate... How much light gets under a broody hen from day 17 thru hatch

Of course the answer is 'just enough' - if the theory is true.

How often are the 'mean roosters' from colorful, rather than white eggs? I often hear of Amaraucanas, and we have heard of CLs. If you have candled these you know it is more difficult than white eggs - or at least that has been my experience.

White egg layers = cavity nesters.... blue egg layers, in the wind-swept desolation of Patagonia - PERHAPS their nests are more exposed to the light and PERHAPS those chickens need more time away from the nest to find food.

Perhaps the more important question is - could too much light on the incubated eggs be detrimental?

I think that the first CL incubation I did was in the ranch office which was built as a windowless room - The only time the lights were on was when we were working in the ranch's office. Now you know that most of the work on a ranch ISN"T indoors..LOL. From that hatch I definitely had a chick with eye problems. She just couldn't quite get a meal worm from my fingers. She would peck but miss -- I thought perhaps she needed glasses. Can you picture it -- little steampunk goggles on a chick. I was planning on working with her to see if her brain could be rewired to compensate for the shortfall - but she was killed and eaten in a raccoon attack.

I got some Isbar chicks from a breeder, and I notice one of the baby-boys has the same inability to take a meal worm -- Isbar eggs of course being that nice saturated green combine both blue and brown.

Perhaps the theory is true, perhaps the theory is not.... for my part I would rather be aware of the possible implications of light on embryonic development - than I would ignorant of the possible implications. ;O)

ETA - have you ever seen a post on BYC where someone is alarmed because their broody seems to be spending too much time Off the eggs? maybe that broody knows something we don't.

Oh and I get to put in this pict. of my beautiful broody exposing her egg to light. Love love love this hen.

 

[ChicKat]

WOW---

People in the Cream Legbar Club----

Time is flying past. nominations for the open officer positions are actually about to close. closing for nominations is September 30th. You can nominate yourself, or anyone that you feel is capable and qualified - they must be a full member of the Club to be on the Board of Directors though.

jump over to the Cream Legbar Club website - the address is in my signature below - and check out '15e' elections - for more information.

PM me with any questions that you may have....I will be happy to answer. Also - don't forget that the 'contact us' on the Website is always there for you to put in your thoughts, ideas, suggestions and questions. -- Tomorrow is the First day of Autumn - this year is zooming past. Don't delay.

 

[chicken pickin]

Jumped in with both feet and won an auction for 12 Rees Cream Legbars. I am new to breeding and couldn't get past the close inbreeding. I plan to hatch some eggs from earlier lines and cross with the Rees.



If anyone is interested, I would like to sell 4 of the females and 3 of the males. I am in South GA, I cannot ship but I would be willing to meet somewhere.

If you have space to grow them all out for a little while I would suggest holding on to them all at this point and then choose the ones you would like to keep after you see how they are maturing. Even though the Rees line comes from a quality breeder with show winning birds it doesn't mean the offspring are all going to be show/breeder quality.

Just my 2 cents, Its what I personally would do, I don't want to see you sell off the better ones by accident

 

[sol2go]

If you have space to grow them all out for a little while I would suggest holding on to them all at this point and then choose the ones you would like to keep after you see how they are maturing. Even though the Rees line comes from a quality breeder with show winning birds it doesn't mean the offspring are all going to be show/breeder quality.

Just my 2 cents, Its what I personally would do, I don't want to see you sell off the better ones by accident

x2

The APA SOP lists under "Admissions of Breeds and Varieties part.b":
"...that it produces not less than 50% of all specimens reasonably true to type, color, size and comb."

That tells me that even good breeders with well recognized stock are likely to produce birds that do not meet the SOP. Time to grow out and evaluate chicks is essential.

 

[Jewls819]

These three chicks hatched out Saturday and these are my first Cream Legbars. I am pretty certain that I have 1 female and 2 males but could any of you confirm with more experience?