Cream Legbars

[KPenley]

I will be taking my Cream Legbar rooster, Walter, to my local fowl fanciers bi-annual show 3/30/13. This will be my first time showing a bird but my friends talked me into it!
Do any of you have any advice for me? I have been reading up on show prep but I'm sure there are some things a seasoned shower could teach me and others...

Not a seasoned shower, but I may be able to help a bit.

What category did you enter Walter under? I'm fairly certain that we're going to end up under the English Class, but this is still to be determined. Take a copy of the American draft SOP with you and make sure that it stays with Walter, or the judges won't know what to look for.

In terms of prep, I'll leave it up to the professionals to advise you... but cleaning face, comb, legs and feet seem to be standard protocol.

 

[DragonOxeWeasel]

I'm pretty sure they ending up listing him in AOV as a Cream Legbar. Thank you for the advice! I hadn't thought to bring a copy of they SOP, good idea!

I have been picking him up every day to make him sweeter but I don't know how he will react to a stranger pulling him out of his cage. What would happen if he acted aggressive toward a judge?

 

[redchicken9]

Hi all, I have a very nice dozen of fertile CL eggs unsold. If anyone is interested in hatching eggs, PM me with an offer.

 

[redchicken9]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-CREAM-...398?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c312e3dfe

I was looking at Ebay and saw these for sale. Does anyone care to comment on the 2nd photograph of a male? It is a bit concerning.

 

[DragonOxeWeasel]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-CREAM-...398?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c312e3dfe

I was looking at Ebay and saw these for sale. Does anyone care to comment on the 2nd photograph of a male? It is a bit concerning.

Wow!
The first rooster doesn't look good but I doubt the second one is even a Cream Legbar. Some of the hens look nice. I'm shocked it has 17 bids!

 

[normanack]

I will be taking my Cream Legbar rooster, Walter, to my local fowl fanciers bi-annual show 3/30/13. This will be my first time showing a bird but my friends talked me into it!
Do any of you have any advice for me? I have been reading up on show prep but I'm sure there are some things a seasoned shower could teach me and others...

My advice is to sell him to me. ;-)

 

[redchicken9]

Our local feed store states, "The Bitterness of Poor Quality and Service remains Long after the Sweetness of Cheap Price has passed." What do you do when the price isn't cheap?

Still thinking about that eBay auction for RARE Cream Legbar Hatching Eggs. Anyone have any idea who this person is? Maybe there's a way we can help. Maybe someone nearby can give her a spare rooster?

The females seem golden on their hackles (except for one that looks white). They look a bit off colored on the throat and face with more reddish brown. See photo with the roosters tail and 2 females (4th photo).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-CREAM-...398?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c312e3dfe

Center OK in color, cream legbar, feathers on face not reddish brown. You also want to see faint barring. See draft standard below.

COLOR -- FEMALE​

Comb, Face, and Wattles: Bright red.
Beak: Yellow.
Eyes: Reddish bay.
Ear-lobes: Enamel white.
Head: Plumage, cream and gray.
Crest: Cream and gray, some chestnut permissible.
Neck: Hackle—cream, softly barred gray.
Front of neck—salmon.

Wings: Fronts, Bows and Coverts—silver-gray, faintly barred.
Primaries—gray, peppered.
Secondaries—gray, very faintly barred.

Back: Gray, softly barred.

Tail: Main Tail and Coverts—silver-gray, faintly barred.

Breast: Salmon, well defined in outline.

Body and Fluff: Silver-gray, indistinctly barred.

Legs and Toes: Yellow.

Under-Color of All Sections: Silver-gray.

 

[CibolaChooks]

Sadly, it seems to many, the CCL is just the newest fad bird. Many of the urban owners are only after egg color, and are using the excuse that it's "rare" and that there is no standard, to not cull birds with split wings, no crests, poor coloring, type etc. How can this nonsense be discouraged?

i tried but some just like the color

 

[KPenley]

i tried but some just like the color

I actually value the backyard layer owners who just want a pretty blue egg laying bird. That way culls have a place to go. If breeders are interested in the gold colors, encourage them to pursue recreating the Gold Legbar.

 

[1muttsfan]

X2 about a place for culls to go. Even with the best breeding program only a portion of your birds are going to be useful breeders.

I do think that there is a place for Gold Crested and White Crested color varieties of Legbars that lay blue eggs (Gold and Silver Legbars are not crested and lay brown or cream eggs). The efforts to establish them with the APA should not prevent people from working to improve their chosen color varieties. However, as far as getting them accepted, you need to start with one color variety, and even then it is going to take some time.