Cream Legbars

[jesirose]

Can she eat? I wouldn't put her down unless its clear she is suffering.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Well in my experience cross-beaked chicks only get worse as they age, and almost always eventually starve unless you can give them daily attention, which I can't. The last one that hatched looking this bad was an olive egger and it passed on it's own after about a week. However that chick couldn't even open its good eye on its own so I think it was blind, this chick can definitely see well out of her good eye. In addition, just in case it is hereditary I would not breed her and I don't have a place for birds that are not breedable. I don't feel right about selling a deformed chick like this, either. I will think on it for a few days. Maybe a friend of mine would be willing to give her a home and take care of her, I've given her several of my white Cream Legbar females that have hatched out.

 

[jesirose]

Yeah if it impacts her ability to eat then I can understand putting her down. Sorry you have to deal with that.

 

[DeltaBluezTess]

In the males, when they are born, are the preferred colors? Do the more creamy ones turn out to meet the standard? Just curious on the various colors on the males and what to look for in making a selection?

Diane

 

[KPenley]

Thanks for the pics Rinda! She is sure a beauty! I'd put the cross beaked one down too...the sooner the better...

 

[lonnyandrinda]

In the males, when they are born, are the preferred colors? Do the more creamy ones turn out to meet the standard? Just curious on the various colors on the males and what to look for in making a selection?

Diane

I don't have a huge amount of experience, but everything dark or with a cinnamon tint grow out wrongly colored. The last really light guy I tried to raise was looking very promising before I lost him at about 6 weeks.

 

[CibolaChooks]

Well in my experience cross-beaked chicks only get worse as they age, and almost always eventually starve unless you can give them daily attention, which I can't. The last one that hatched looking this bad was an olive egger and it passed on it's own after about a week. However that chick couldn't even open its good eye on its own so I think it was blind, this chick can definitely see well out of her good eye. In addition, just in case it is hereditary I would not breed her and I don't have a place for birds that are not breedable. I don't feel right about selling a deformed chick like this, either. I will think on it for a few days. Maybe a friend of mine would be willing to give her a home and take care of her, I've given her several of my white Cream Legbar females that have hatched out.

i had a chick that had one eye closed like that with no noticeable goop around the eye but i cleaned it with a wet cotton ball anyway and gave it plenty of water with a dropper and a day later both eyes were open and fine. But that wont help the cross beak issues

 

[CibolaChooks]

In the males, when they are born, are the preferred colors? Do the more creamy ones turn out to meet the standard? Just curious on the various colors on the males and what to look for in making a selection?

Diane

They say the light colored down is preferred but I've had dark down chicks come out really nice. most like the light Grey but the one pic posted earlier id say what she called Cinnamon one is what id like to grow out.

 

[CibolaChooks]

I don't have a huge amount of experience, but everything dark or with a cinnamon tint grow out wrongly colored. The last really light guy I tried to raise was looking very promising before I lost him at about 6 weeks.

here is a dark down male for you lonnyandrinda. I would have to disagree about the dark color down coming out colored wrong. its been said so much on here and a bunch of dark downs being culled but enless the barring on this guy is really the wrong kind of barring in the dark down chicks id say this guy is colored just fine.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

here is a dark down male for you lonnyandrinda. I would have to disagree about the dark color down coming out colored wrong. its been said so much on here and a bunch of dark downs being culled but enless the barring on this guy is really the wrong kind of barring in the dark down chicks id say this guy is colored just fine.

Good to know. Maybe I will mark the dark boy, too, to keep then. The other dark boys I kept grew out too colorful but I've only grown out 3 or 4 of them. The cinnamon tinted ones I have grown out were too colorful, too- and they were the ones the UK breeders said would definitely be wrong.