Cream Legbars

[ChicKat]

Yikes! I hope he gets better soon too. ouch!
so interesting about the breeds there vs. here.

I have also heard that Cotswold Legbars are the ones that have their eggs specially packaged and sold in the stores in UK. hmmm We only get brown or white here in stores.

 

[ChicKat]

Wow researching these CLs has me salivating.... gorgeous birds! Maybe next year for me. I'm just now looking for my first chickens and don't want to "test my wings" on something so expensive LOL!

Rinda

Rinda,
IMO Blackbirds13 has it right..... the cost will go down. The birds are great... I was just like you...since I've only had chickens a year -- I didn't know if I was "ready" for CL--- but I'm glad that I took the jump---and both of mine seem to be doing well thus far. Today is their 20-weeks-old birthday!.

 

[Jebyballard]

I love this chicken! I have to say that even the roo is the sweetest and most docile chicken. If I get fertile eggs from them, and God Willing it is soon, I am all about sharing the chicks with whomever wants them. I think the beautiful, rare breeds should be shared, expanded and appreciated by those who will value them.

 

[Jebyballard]

I was concerned too about the cost and it came at a time when the snakes were after my flock, but we have been happy every day that we invested in them. They are a truly wonderful addition and I cannot wait for my first eggs!!!

 

[laurrie]

Do you have cream leg bar chicks for sale? who has ordered them from green fire and has some chicks for sale? in washington or oregon!!!!

 

[normanack]

I'm not Legbarring yet (too new to chickenkeeping) but hope to do so after I'm more experienced.

Could you clarify egg color(s)? I had the impression that their eggs are a light true blue. How much does that vary?

Thanks!

 

[crazyhen]

I saw that excert about the OLD Cotswold legbars blue eggs in the HOBBY FARMS Chicken Breeds magazine from TC. I just wondered if the ones here are the Cotswold kind. They said they were the layingest type. A super layer of the majority of gourmet blue eggs sold in posh English Supermarkets. That sounded good.
Of course when I saw the pic. of the Ameracuana in their book it was obvioulsy an EE. Gloria jean

 

[Flaming Chicken]

I saw that excert about the OLD Cotswold legbars blue eggs in the HOBBY FARMS Chicken Breeds magazine from TC. I just wondered if the ones here are the Cotswold kind. They said they were the layingest type. A super layer of the majority of gourmet blue eggs sold in posh English Supermarkets. That sounded good.
Of course when I saw the pic. of the Ameracuana in their book it was obvioulsy an EE. Gloria jean

Only Greenfire knows for sure. They have brought in stock from 3 different lines focusing on hardiness and now breed standard. They are gaining popularity very quickly. Carol

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Got me a pair of cream legbars at the oklahoma chicken swap yesterday!!!!!

Now I have to build another coop, wasn't planning on getting them until next year at least!

 

[ChicKat]

I'm not Legbarring yet (too new to chickenkeeping) but hope to do so after I'm more experienced.
Could you clarify egg color(s)? I had the impression that their eggs are a light true blue. How much does that vary?
Thanks!

Here is a sample of egg colors from the UK, and my legbar pullet's first egg was similar to C15 on the chart...
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Arau/BRKArauEgg.html

It's bluer than green and greener than blue. :O) Here it is

on a light blue towel for reference....and that is a plastic tablespoon in front. (pullet egg aka little) -- It is a difficult color to capture.

I would also say--- if you get the opportunity to get cream legbars...then take the jump...they are no more difficult than other chickens to raise. (I felt I wasn't ready yet either...but I'm particularly glad that I got them.) HTH

I think that the British Araucana egg chart is a particularly good example. The man who made it used actual egg shells. IN the UK Araucanas have both rump and rumpless as well as crested in their SOP. Legbars get the blue gene AND the crest from the Araucana ancestores in the UK, I believe.