Cream Legbars

[dretd]

Just had to say, Holy Smokes, what a handsome rooster! You need to get some more hens for him so he can make lots of cute chicks!

 

[DragonOxeWeasel]

Thank you! Glad to know everyone thinks Walter is as handsome as we do!
I am working on more ladies for him. But I'm saving up for another goat so my only option is to find someone to trade eggs with.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Join the cream legbar club. We are working out the details for an open membership/breeder list.

 

[1muttsfan]

I would happily trade eggs with you, but my pullets will not likely be laying until spring, so it would be a while, and I am not sure yet how they will turn out as adults. They did come out of some really nice blue eggs. You might keep your eye on the Paypal/Egg swap, there are several CCL breeders on there that occasionally put eggs up in the swap.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

I have never seen a chick pip externally but not internally- well now I have. I'm guessing it drowned because it pipped at the edge of the air sac and broke the shell but didn't push hard enough to break the membrane. Poor little Cream Legbar boy!

I had 5 eggs in the incubator- got 4 girls(!!!!!) and then lost the boy. LOL That sounds not so bad except I needed a boy for an order!

 

[heirloomorps]

We are now the owners of a trio of four month olds! That is along with the seven 2 months olds we already have... I think we have 1 roo and 6 pullets.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Yippee! Congrats and welcome!

 

[KPenley]

We are now the owners of a trio of four month olds! That is along with the seven 2 months olds we already have... I think we have 1 roo and 6 pullets.

Congrats! The cockeral should look totally different from the pullets. If you show us pics we can confirm for you

 

[heirloomorps]

Congrats! The cockeral should look totally different from the pullets. If you show us pics we can confirm for you

Right now they are all in a dark(ish) shed with an AWFUL fluorescent light... so it's not as easy as it should be.

 

[crazypetlady]

Yes, I am not publicizing it as much as before because some people don't agree with it. I'll be hatching chicks from those hens with the new legbar rooster around the same time. All the chicks will be autosexing but not all will be cream (some will still be light browns). From there, I'll keep the best colored rose combed birds and breed them this fall to another line which should throw all rose comb cream legbar style offspring. By next spring, I should have eggs or birds for sale since the color/type will be more stabilized.

I for one cannot wait. My CCL roo lost most of his comb to frostbite this Winter and it was not a very harsh Winter. He is fine now and it has healed up, now he looks like a CCL with a rosecomb.