Cream Legbars

[GaryDean26]

I found a copy of Morley A Jull's Poultry Breeding, Third Edition from 1952 - it is my summer reading book (wish it were on my Kindle Fire). I am trying to learn about breeding and genes in poultry.

This is what he states...



..."The heads of Silkies, Houdans and Polish fowl are adorned with crests. There is considerable variation in size of crest, those on Polish being much larger than those on Silkies. The crest develops in the frontal region of the skull, is present in the chick, and is inherited. The crested conditions results from the fact that the frontal bones of the skull are raised into a dome-shaped protuberance, giving rise to a condition know as cerebral hernia.
The results secured by various workers, from Hurst (1905) to Dunn and Jull (1927), led to the general conclusion that the development of the crest is due to an autosomal dominant gene, Cr. Variation in crest size is apparently due to multiple genes. From the results secured by Warren and Hutt (1936), it was concluded that cerebral hernia is in reality homozygous crest, although hernia may not be evident in quite a high proportion of the Cr Cr birds, but is sometimes present in a proportion of the Cr cr birds.".....

 

[BirdWalkFarm]

These are my first Crested Cream Legbars . I think I have two roos and six pullets . Two have spots on their heads .

Anyone ?

 

[BirdWalkFarm]

Two are Orps .

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Ah yes thanks I remember that discussion now.

These are my first Crested Cream Legbars . I think I have two roos and six pullets . Two have spots on their heads .

Anyone ?

That looks right, I can't tell for sure on the one in the back center facing the camera.

 

[BirdWalkFarm]

Ah yes thanks I remember that discussion now.


That looks right, I can't tell for sure on the one in the back center facing the camera.

Thank you !

 

[TherryChicken]

My eggs went on lockdown and 4 pullegs have been sold already, but will be keeping them for the person till they are bigger

 

[SlipsWife]

I'm so excited! 3 out of 4 of our CL pullets are laying. The girl that's not is the one that was laying when we got them but seems to be molting.

 

[Chicken Godiva]

I am so glad we do not live in a liberal state like NY that over regulates everything. Unfortunately some are moving from big cities to the Midwest and trying to bring their strict Gov't lifestyle with them. I am of the opinion that smaller efficient Gov't beats Large inefficient Gov't any day of the week.

 

[Chicken Godiva]

I don't know why this didn't follow the thread I was commenting on. Oh well, wish me luck. I have 4 legbar eggs on lockdown and hopefully will surprise me a day early and be my Mother's Day present.
Happy Mother's Day to all of you ladies out there!

 

[blackbirds13]

I am so glad we do not live in a liberal state like NY that over regulates everything. Unfortunately some are moving from big cities to the Midwest and trying to bring their strict Gov't lifestyle with them. I am of the opinion that smaller efficient Gov't beats Large inefficient Gov't any day of the week.

I'm one of those Liberals you gotta keep turning left to find so perhaps it might be best to leave your politics offline so we can all enjoy the forum. Thanks.