Cream Legbars

[BuffyBugSlayer]

Originally Posted by BuffyBugSlayer

What nice chicks!!!!!! Love seeing these picts too.

Thanks! It makes me happy to see all those stripes all in one hatch!

 

[ChicKat]

That is good. Glad you explained the difference between auto sexing and sex link!

Cream Legbars should be auto sexing generation after generation when bred to another Cream Legbar. You will lose the auto sexing feature if you breed a Cream Legbar to a different breed.

Good point...but then if you bred to another breed...it wouldn't be a Cream Legbar any longer. BTW beautiful chick picts in your post. Love those chicks!!!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

That is good. Glad you explained the difference between auto sexing and sex link!

Cream Legbars should be auto sexing generation after generation when bred to another Cream Legbar. You will lose the auto sexing feature if you breed a Cream Legbar to a different breed.

And if you ARE the type who likes to cross breeds, if you use a cream legbar HEN with a different breed rooster, the chicks will be sexable at hatch. If you do the reverse and use a cream legbar rooster over another breed hen, this won't work.

SOOOOOO.... If you want to make sex-linked olive eggers, you can cross cream legbars and a breed that lays dark brown eggs (like marans), using a Marans rooster over a cream legbar hen. Cool, huh? (But this doesn't hold out too long beyond F1, as I understand it).

(I'm totally planning to do this, BTW.)

- Ant Farm

 

[chicken pickin]

And if you ARE the type who likes to cross breeds, if you use a cream legbar HEN with a different breed rooster, the chicks will be sexable at hatch. If you do the reverse and use a cream legbar rooster over another breed hen, this won't work.

SOOOOOO.... If you want to make sex-linked olive eggers, you can cross cream legbars and a breed that lays dark brown eggs (like marans), using a Marans rooster over a cream legbar hen. Cool, huh? (But this doesn't hold out too long beyond F1, as I understand it).

(I'm totally planning to do this, BTW.)

- Ant Farm

You can cross a Cream Legbar male(he is gold based) to a silver based female to produce Red Sexlinks

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

You can cross a Cream Legbar male(he is gold based) to a silver based female to produce Red Sexlinks

Ooooh, I didn't know that! Though in retrospect, I did know the silver/gold thing on a basic level. (I'm at the fairly rudimentary level, chicken-genetics-wise...)

Aaaaannnnddddd.... (STUPID QUESTION ALERT) what breeds are silver based?

- Ant Farm

 

[chicken pickin]

Ooooh, I didn't know that! Though in retrospect, I did know the silver/gold thing on a basic level. (I'm at the fairly rudimentary level, chicken-genetics-wise...)

Aaaaannnnddddd.... (STUPID QUESTION ALERT) what breeds are silver based?

- Ant Farm

I like to cross my CL males to my Silver Laced Cochin they make great crosses, I have also crossed to Silver Laced Wyandottes, similar cross.

This thread I linked below started many years ago but is still an active thread. Post number ONE of the thread has great info with a few breeds listed for appropriate Red and Black Sexlink crosses. Though many more breeds are know known to be able to be used.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information

You can also check out the CL hybrid thread, loads of info and pictures that are Cream Legbar crosses are shared there also.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/825092/cream-legbar-hybrid-thread

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I like to cross my CL males to my Silver Laced Cochin they make great crosses, I have also crossed to Silver Laced Wyandottes, similar cross.

This thread I linked below started many years ago but is still an active thread. Post number ONE of the thread has great info with a few breeds listed for appropriate Red and Black Sexlink crosses. Though many more breeds are know known to be able to be used.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information

You can also check out the CL hybrid thread, loads of info and pictures that are Cream Legbar crosses are shared there also.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/825092/cream-legbar-hybrid-thread

Awesome - thanks!!!! (I have reading to do!)

I am subscribed to and started out reading the CL hybrid thread, but I sort of fell behind... And I'm not sure I understood enough to "get it" genetics-wise at the time...

- Ant Farm

 

[phoenix-silkie]

Thank you to all you helped so much. I will now be getting some on 2016

 

[sol2go]

And if you ARE the type who likes to cross breeds, if you use a cream legbar HEN with a different breed rooster, the chicks will be sexable at hatch. If you do the reverse and use a cream legbar rooster over another breed hen, this won't work.

SOOOOOO.... If you want to make sex-linked olive eggers, you can cross cream legbars and a breed that lays dark brown eggs (like marans), using a Marans rooster over a cream legbar hen. Cool, huh? (But this doesn't hold out too long beyond F1, as I understand it).

(I'm totally planning to do this, BTW.)

- Ant Farm

So what would you expect to get from a Maran's Roo x CL hen that would be sexable at hatch?

 

[sol2go]

Anyone near MD or I am willing to drive if need be.

If you don't get a response on BYC, you might consider looking at the Cream Legbar Club website. There is a list of breeders by state.