Cream Legbars

[DeltaBluezTess]

it's like cream color your have in your latte. I would say three of my hens are like these and several more have more peachy in the neck and breast. One has a nice light red chestnut neck, head and breast and she will be in the egg layer flock since she pretty much doesn't meet any of the standard except her crest is a delight! They were born in the end of July.

I am gone this weekend so will try to get different pixs of all of them.

 

[DeltaBluezTess]

salmon.....ok I need to see what color you mean by salmon.....can you put up a correct hen?

 

[lonnyandrinda]

salmon.....ok I need to see what color you mean by salmon.....can you put up a correct hen?

This girl is my favorite, I'm so unimaginative I call her Green Band Girl. Well really, the ones that get named always seem to get eaten/disapear .... but I digress. You can see the nice salmon shade to her chest and the nice creamy and barred hackles. A much richer color than the light salmon on your girl.

 

[texas75563]

I bought 5 crested cream legbars, 4 females and 1 male.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/509483/cream-legbars/750#post_10612613
post number 58. Only problem is only 2 turned out to be crested cream legbars. 2 females and the 1 male turned out to be rhodebars. I culled the 2 females early due to being red and non crested. At the time I didn't know or realize they were rhodebars. These were 3 weeks older than my rhodebar chicks. It wasn't until my rhodebars got older that I realized what the other 2 were.

1 of my crested cream legbar pullets died about month and half ago. My remaining hen has been broody last 2 weeks. A few problems with that. She is sitting on other hens eggs. She isn't laying. When she gets off nest to eat or drink, if another hen gets on that nest to lay, she finds another nest with eggs to sit on. Now I find out she doen't have a mate.

It's been 7 months since I bought these. I did let seller know what was going on 4 or 5 days ago. He wanted a picture of my rooster. He agreed it was a rhodebar. I'm obviously naive! If someone pointed out a mistake like that to me, I would try and make it right. Yes, 7 months has passed!! I should of said something after 3 or 4 weeks when I got rid of the 2 pullets. I should of paid better
attention to the breed and what both genders I should of looked like. Wasn't until recently that I saw on here that the roosters had white earlobes and mine didn't

George has been such a good rooster, he could have been a mutt and I wouldn't had cared. It is very sad for breeding purposes to find out he isn't what he is supposed to be. I killed, boiled, and deboned 2 roosters Monday and Tuesday of this week. I killed 2 more earlier that didn't fit in with my plans. I have 2 more that i need to kill. 1 I definately will. The other I will try to find someone local who needs a good rooster. Good for what I couldn't tell you. He is my next to favorite rooster after george. His name is My Little Buddy. He aint so little any more. He used to ride around on my shoulder or arm. He wouldn't jump off. Unfortunately, he doesn't fit in with my plans.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

How disheartening Texas! Sorry about your experience. Did the seller offer to make it right??

Being down in Texas you have some really good breeders close to you, and roosters are usually in abundance, even if you have to wait until spring for a good one. Might contact GaryDean26 and see how close he is to you. He has some awesome breeding pens and a very good handle on what we know so far of Cream Legbar genetics.

Have you tried to break the broody in a "Broody Breaker Box?" Wire cage with a fan under her for 5-7 days helps to drop her body temp and stop the brooding.

 

[familypendragon]

I bought 5 crested cream legbars, 4 females and 1 male.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/509483/cream-legbars/750#post_10612613
post number 58. Only problem is only 2 turned out to be crested cream legbars. 2 females and the 1 male turned out to be rhodebars. I culled the 2 females early due to being red and non crested. At the time I didn't know or realize they were rhodebars. These were 3 weeks older than my rhodebar chicks. It wasn't until my rhodebars got older that I realized what the other 2 were.

1 of my crested cream legbar pullets died about month and half ago. My remaining hen has been broody last 2 weeks. A few problems with that. She is sitting on other hens eggs. She isn't laying. When she gets off nest to eat or drink, if another hen gets on that nest to lay, she finds another nest with eggs to sit on. Now I find out she doen't have a mate.

It's been 7 months since I bought these. I did let seller know what was going on 4 or 5 days ago. He wanted a picture of my rooster. He agreed it was a rhodebar. I'm obviously naive! If someone pointed out a mistake like that to me, I would try and make it right. Yes, 7 months has passed!! I should of said something after 3 or 4 weeks when I got rid of the 2 pullets. I should of paid better
attention to the breed and what both genders I should of looked like. Wasn't until recently that I saw on here that the roosters had white earlobes and mine didn't

George has been such a good rooster, he could have been a mutt and I wouldn't had cared. It is very sad for breeding purposes to find out he isn't what he is supposed to be. I killed, boiled, and deboned 2 roosters Monday and Tuesday of this week. I killed 2 more earlier that didn't fit in with my plans. I have 2 more that i need to kill. 1 I definately will. The other I will try to find someone local who needs a good rooster. Good for what I couldn't tell you. He is my next to favorite rooster after george. His name is My Little Buddy. He aint so little any more. He used to ride around on my shoulder or arm. He wouldn't jump off. Unfortunately, he doesn't fit in with my plans.

I believe this breeder is pretty close to you https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...cken-eggs-15-eggs-for-35-00-shipping-included this is the same breeder's craigslist ad http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/grd/4085865433.html

 

[familypendragon]

This is my local breeder in Denton http://www.ebay.com/itm/18-TOFH-CRE...434?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e80f36822 Here are 2 for $10 in Waxahachie http://dallas.craigslist.org/sdf/grd/4050070044.html

 

[familypendragon]

A whole flock is being sold in Tyler http://nacogdoches.craigslist.org/grd/3999269498.html

 

[nicalandia]

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I would breed Silver Creasted Legbars with some red enhancers(to show some chestnut) and be done with it IF I could, maybe one day i'll do it... afterall the SOP and in shows Phenotype(looks of birds) its what counts right?... remember that Punnett discovered cream way before he created the Cream legbar, so at the time he discovered it was not altered(Diluted) by double barring...

 

[ChicKat]

Quote: Yes, as I understand it it is the Phenotype that counts in the show. (I think it also counts when most people look at chickens). Looking forward to the day in the future when you have your own CL chicks!