Cream Legbars

[sol2go]

I love cream legbars
I heard that America only got them into the country a few
Years ago and I was surprised
heres some picture of mine

The hens are still young
The hen in the background is just a laying hen
In case you think it's a cream legbar
Anyway I'm new to getting the breed
What do you think of mine?
Thank you

very handsome rooster!
thanks for joining the thread

 

[sol2go]

EGGWATCH IS OVER!!!!!

Paula laid her first egg today. Light/pale green, 1.5 oz. (The first photo makes it look darker/greener than it is, so I'm also posting one taken with it in a white bowl).





I agreed that in return she could receive the attentions of her "long distance" boyfriend, Dumble, beginning this weekend. So, Lissa, overhearing me, squatted a full wings-out squat for me for the first time today. Seems she wants some Dumble-action as well. Jenny is a bit behind - she still thinks boys are icky.

- Ant Farm

Congrats!
Can you also weigh the egg in grams?

 

[ChicKat]

Congrats!
Can you also weigh the egg in grams?

Curious of why grams are requested. ;O)

1.5 oz = 42.5343 grams

Here is one converter -- and google can give you many more.


http://ouncestograms.com/

 

[GaryDean26]

Very
true I guess it's all about personal preference

Here are some entries in the Cream Legbar Clubs online show from Curtis Hale.



Here are some resent photos that Jill Rees submitted of her hens.




Note: Exotica is doing a side-by-side comparison of the stock from Secret Hills Ranch's two flocks that they list as the "Hale" line that breeds a cockerel hatched in 2014 from Curtis Hale to a hen breed from stock from Kristen Rye and the "Rees" line that was from Greenfire Farms. The comparison should be intresting. A comparison of hand picked stock from Jill Rees and hand picked stock from Curtis Hale however would be very different.

 

[ChicKat]

Here are some entries in the Cream Legbar Clubs online show from Curtis Hale.



Here are some resent photos that Jill Rees submitted of her hens.




Note: Exotica is doing a side-by-side comparison of the stock from Secret Hills Ranch's two flocks that they list as the "Hale" line that breeds a cockerel hatched in 2014 from Curtis Hale to a hen breed from stock from Kristen Rye and the "Rees" line that was from Greenfire Farms. The comparison should be intresting. A comparison of hand picked stock from Jill Rees and hand picked stock from Curtis Hale however would be very different.

Thanks GaryDaean26.

really nice photos -- Regarding the OP's question with that in mind -- the Hale line sure has better tails -- IMO. Is the Secret Hills bunch any relation to the females in photo?

 

[Red Banks]

Thanks GaryDaean26.

really nice photos -- Regarding the OP's question with that in mind -- the Hale line sure has better tails -- IMO. Is the Secret Hills bunch any relation to the females in photo?

Beautiful! Hard to get an idea of Rees though from the pictures..... at least for me.

 

[GaryDean26]

Thanks GaryDaean26.

...Is the Secret Hills bunch any relation to the females in photo?

My understanding is that the Secret Valley cockerel that hatched from hatching eggs in 2014 was from a different breeding line than the two "Hale" pullets above.

I believe that their cockerel would be half a generation removed from the 10/12/2015 photoed pullet though and two generations removed from the 10/11/2015 photoed pullet.

As far as the Jill Rees hens...I couldn't say anything certain but would think that the the Secret Hills breeders would have to be at least 2 generation removed from the "Rees" photoed hens if not 3-4 generations removed. So offspring from the Secret Hills "Hale" flocks would be about 2 to 3 generations removed from the "Hale" photoed pullets above and the Secret Hills "Rees" Flock would 3-4 generations removed from "Rees" Photod birds.

 

[GaryDean26]

Beautiful! Hard to get an idea of Rees though from the pictures..... at least for me.

Ya...you would think that Jill would post better photos of her birds with out all those winning ribbons and plaques and cards in the way. Lol...

I just find it impressive that a few years ago when she started showing her birds she was winning best of breed, but now she has improved to best autosexing sub-class, several best Rare Breed class, and I think she even said that she was recently awarded best large fowl hen at a show with about 500 birds. Some people getting in a rut where they see a lot of quick improvement in the first few years but then get stuck. Jill's birds seem to show better and better every year. Poor tails do show well in the UK though. The late David Scrivener really advocated that the US breeders breed the Cream Legbars to the Type of the English Leghorn. Below are example of the Buff and Brown English standard Leghorns with the larger Black Miorca in the middle.




I think I finally understand what is meant by "Wedge Shaped" body from looking at the English Leghorns. If you look at the back line of the English Leghorns above and the bottom line you can see the tail of the birds is deeper than the head of the bird forming a wedge shape with the top and bottom line. It only took 3-1/2 years for me to figure that out. No wonder they say it takes 10 years to learn to breed chickens and that you can't do it with out a mentor. With my understanding of the Cream Legbar changing ever 6-12 months I will be working on Legbars for a long long time and may never get them right.

 

[Red Banks]

Ya...you would think that Jill would post better photos of her birds with out all those winning ribbons and plaques and cards in the way. Lol...

I just find it impressive that a few years ago when she started showing her birds she was winning best of breed, but now she has improved to request autosexing sub-class, several best Rare Breed class, and I think she even said that she was recently awarded best large fowl hen at a show with about 500 birds. Some people getting in a rut where they see a lot of quick improvement in the first few years but then get stuck. Jill's birds seem to show better and better every year. Poor tails do show well in the UK though. The late David Scrivener really advocated that the US breeders breed the Cream Legbars to the Type of the English Leghorn. Below are example of the Buff and Brown English standard Leghorns with the larger Black Miorca in the middle.




I think I finally understand what is meant by "Wedge Shaped" body though. If you look at the back line of the English Leghorns and the bottom line you can see the tail of the birds is deeper than the head of the bird forming a wedge shape with the top and bottom line. It only took 3-1/2 years for me to figure that out. No wonder they say it takes 10 years to learn to breed chickens and that you can't do it with out a mentor. With my understanding of the Cream Legbar changing ever 6-12 months I will be working on Legbars for a long long time and may never get them right.

Yes..... those awards do get in the way!

Glad I can read your posts and maybe not have to struggle quite as hard. Always enjoy the reading. Someone asked which are the better birds, Rees or Hale.... I responded hopefully yours. Hale, Rees and others can give us a good start but I know we have to do a lot of work to end up with birds as good as we start with.

 

[sol2go]

Curious of why grams are requested. ;O)

1.5 oz = 42.5343 grams

Here is one converter -- and google can give you many more.


http://ouncestograms.com/

I like to use grams, easy to see variance.