Cream Legbars

[LONDON HENS]

How heavy should CCL hens be?
I feel mine are on the small side just looking at them.

 

[dretd]

So as i delve in to cream legbars ( i plan on getting about 4-5 dozen eggs in the next couple months), i can't under stand the breeding thoughts or lack-there-of that were put into the Legbars in the American Side.

Well i must start planning my trip to England to 'learn more about my English heritage' <read> pick up some more Light Sussex, and Cream Legbars </read>

So what are the regulations in bringing eggs from England to Canada? Is it more lax than coming in to the US with all of the red tape? I thinks its easier to go from Canada in to the US so maybe once you get your flock established....

 

[dretd]

How heavy should CCL hens be?
I feel mine are on the small side just looking at them.

Here is the breed standard (England):
Standard Weights :
Cock: 7 to 7½lb; Cockerel 6 to 6½lb (2.70-3.40kg )
Hen: 5 to 6lb; Pullet 4½ to 5lb (2-2.70kg)

 

[GaryDean26]

Have to vent. I was on craigslist like always and came across an ad for cream legbars so I had to check it out. Well, it is a kid selling cream legbar day old chicks only in trios to people who "agree not to mongrelize them because once the autosexing trait is lost, it is gone forever" He is selling trios for $125 to pay for college. I called and asked what lines they are from and he was all sorts of grumpy and defensive about it when he said that there was only 1 line from GFF and that they were direct imports. I had to slow him down and tell him there were different lines and that I got mine in February as line a and line c. He said he got his at the end of february and there was only 1 line available. Then he says in the ad that he has the only CLB's in the whole state which is really a lie. So, I posted an ad on craigslist for our farm that we're taking pre-orders for chicks hatched at the end of the month and I'm selling them for much cheaper because I want more folks to have them so there is more diversity.

Sorry, just had to get it off my chest, the guy seemed so snippy about the whole thing

You can always vent with us. We totally understand your frustration.

 

[call ducks]

Quote: As far as i know it is easier to. This is just talking to people who have done it. But it's funny because as far as i know to export chicks to the US, all the hens would need to be tested... And we don't have any type of NPIP program up here. We of course need to have a permit, etc, and all the basics done ahead of time.

 

[Zonoma]

Hello!

I'm new to the breed but want to get started in earnest. I have a single nice rooster and eggs from two unrelated flocks in the bator. I'm hoping to find lots of help in this thread concerning conformation and coloring.

 

[clairebear]

How heavy should CCL hens be?
I feel mine are on the small side just looking at them.

Mine are pretty small but seem to be filling out as they mature. It isn't a heavy breed and that is part of the appeal for me.

 

[CibolaChooks]

Hello!

I'm new to the breed but want to get started in earnest. I have a single nice rooster and eggs from two unrelated flocks in the bator. I'm hoping to find lots of help in this thread concerning conformation and coloring.

lots of friendly help here

 

[ChicKat]

Hello!

I'm new to the breed but want to get started in earnest. I have a single nice rooster and eggs from two unrelated flocks in the bator. I'm hoping to find lots of help in this thread concerning conformation and coloring.

Glad to hear that you are going to be raising Cream Legbars.....If you haven't seen this thread as yet - there is a lot of depth of information about coloring and confirmation:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...oup-standard-of-perfection/1080#post_10684356

Especially this page -- post 1040
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/713115/cream-legbar-working-group-standard-of-perfection/1030

 

[ChicKat]

Mine are pretty small but seem to be filling out as they mature. It isn't a heavy breed and that is part of the appeal for me.

X2 - my pullet is just 3 1/2 pounds right now -- and a bit more than 6-months old. I hope she gets to be fat and happy and live to a ripe old age ... (fat like 5-pounds that is)....

I have to add that her brother the cockerel was kind of hefty IMO -- and weighed about 5 1/2 pounds. Someplace I had heard that Punnett intended these birds to be dual purpose.... Roosters for eating and hens for laying. I have not been able to find where on the 'net I saw that explanation -- so maybe I dreamed it up? LOL