Cream Legbars

[heirloomorps]

So we figured out our two chicks are a pair... Which is good! However we are looking to add to them - does anyone sell chicks/eggs/adult birds in TN, AL, MS or GA? We can't find anyone near us.

 

[RyeRanch]

I've been looking at this breed for a few months now and cannot find consistent information on their average annual egg production.


I am looking for a highly productive breed to lay blue(not green) eggs.  What kind of egg production are you getting from your Cream Legbars?  How blue are their eggs compared to Americaunas?  And like everyone else in this thread - who in my state (Western Washington) might have some for sale ?

In the summer I was getting about 5 eggs per week per hen. In the winter I am getting 3-4 eggs per week per hen. So, I would say my hens are producing north of 200 eggs per year is their first laying season. I am in Southern Ca though,so they are not particularly cold here and the days do not get as short as in other places. It seems that the eggs range in color from a minty green to a very bright "robin's egg" blue. Mine tend to be quite blue, however, there is considerable variation among hens from what I have seen.

 

[KPenley]

So we figured out our two chicks are a pair... Which is good! However we are looking to add to them - does anyone sell chicks/eggs/adult birds in TN, AL, MS or GA? We can't find anyone near us.

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[LONDON HENS]

Fabulous pictures London Hens....thanks for posting. I heard on the radio today that the snow caused flight delays in London.... That's pretty rare isn't it?

Yes, when it does snow its never that much. I live near Heathrow and we did have more last week than I can ever remember in London. But after last years shambles with the roads we were better prepared this time round but it still affected flights.

 

[nicalandia]

a question to all of you Creasted Cream legbar birds.... do your hens lay shiny blue eggs or mate blue eggs? the shiny blue egg is a recessive trait found on araucana/Chilean stock, BUT the leghorns lay Mate colored eggs... you may want to check this out

 

[ChicKat]

a question to all of you Creasted Cream legbar birds.... do your hens lay shiny blue eggs or mate blue eggs? the shiny blue egg is a recessive trait found on araucana/Chilean stock, BUT the leghorns lay Mate colored eggs... you may want to check this out

Nicalandia---

What a question!!!! There is a type of paint in the USA called (you guessed it) eggshell ! It is a semi shiny type of paint that supposedly has the best of both. My hen's eggs were between an egg shell semi-shiny and matt but if I had to select one or the other I would say matte. Now I have to go look at the first egg I blew out and saved to see how exactly shiny the surface is. :O)

 

[normanack]

a question to all of you Creasted Cream legbar birds.... do your hens lay shiny blue eggs or mate blue eggs? the shiny blue egg is a recessive trait found on araucana/Chilean stock, BUT the leghorns lay Mate colored eggs... you may want to check this out

I'm so glad you brought this up! My Cream Legbar pullet (a.k.a. SLACKER HEN) isn't laying yet, but my Easter Eggers lay distinctly different eggs: two have matte, mint-green eggs and the third's are very shiny and a much more saturated mint-green. In fact, I was planning on breeding only the third hen because I like her eggs so much. I didn't know geneticists even paid attention to matte vs. shiny-surfaced eggs!

 

[ChicKat]

Hi normanack
Cool thought - Also -- in just one generation of my Easter Eggers, I was able to get a more intense egg color--- so even though Mr. Rooster doesn't show his egg color if you didn't hatch him...sometimes you luck out.

 

[1muttsfan]

(snort) Slacker Hen

- I have about 8 of those of various breeds

Eggshell color saturation has as much to do with the rooster as the hen - egg color (O gene) is Autosomal Dominant, but OO birds will have more intense egg color than Oo. Green is caused by various amounts of brown pigment (Protoporphyrin) laid on the outside of the shell. The brown pigment is the result of other genes that are not completely identified, but there may be at least one sex-linked gene involved. Not sure about how shiny they are.

 

[ChicKat]

(snort) Slacker Hen

- I have about 8 of those of various breeds

Eggshell color saturation has as much to do with the rooster as the hen - egg color (O gene) is Autosomal Dominant, but OO birds will have more intense egg color than Oo. Green is caused by various amounts of brown pigment (Protoporphyrin) laid on the outside of the shell. The brown pigment is the result of other genes that are not completely identified, but there may be at least one sex-linked gene involved. Not sure about how shiny they are.

1Muttsfan,

O.K. -- what if the egg is greenish-blue, but is the same greenish-blue on the inside of the shell as the outside. Would that indicate no brown 'bloom' on that chicken's egg, and that their particular Oo or OO is producing that particular color without the addition of brown. Just wondering here for my own curiosity. Thanks