Cream Legbars

[ChicKat]

What about foppy comb? I have one with wry tail..he's nasty disposition and already on the process list

nasty disposition and wry tail sounds like the process list is a good choice. Female Cream Legbars may have floppy comb or straight - if floppy it should not obstruct vision. For males the desired comb is upright with 6 points.

 

[moss farm]

My female has a floppy comb. It doesn't mess with her sight tho.

 

[ChicKat]

My female has a floppy comb. It doesn't mess with her sight tho.

Then you (and she) are home free!

 

[chicken pickin]

I have Ten Cream Legbar roosters from GFF and two from another farm. The GFF farm roosters all but two have floppy combs, one is good sized with a long back and less vertical tail set. The two from the other farm have legs that are mousy green/yellow and are rather broad. One of these two are classic legbar rooster color but the other one is very brown/red.(pretty but is that off type?.

Any help in selection would be good. I can post pictures if anyone can help me with the decision.

Definitely post some pics. Sometimes it is hard to tell what is going on in pictures but they help if you need other points of view on them. Try to get good close full body side shots of them, even front and back views help.

 

[chicken pickin]

I really like your cockerel!

Its hard to tell in the pic but is he crested?

 

[sol2go]

Besides all the Cream Legbars, I really like seeing the different settings that they free-range in (and try to imagine the countryside). For me, those lush grass pictures really stand out; my flock jumps the fence to leave the orchard in search of a lush lawn, much to my husband's dismay.

As this is such a diverse country and the dissemination of a small pool of CL's has spread far and wide, I always wonder how that affects the lines that may develop, even if everyone is breeding to the SOP. Does location, climate, change in diet, etc affect genetic expression? Will we find over time that lines are more similar in certain regions for all the reasons that might be in play?

For the scientists out there, please be kind, I appreciate your input.

 

[Bluefield]

 

[Bluefield]

 

[Bluefield]

 

[ChicKat]

Besides all the Cream Legbars, I really like seeing the different settings that they free-range in (and try to imagine the countryside). For me, those lush grass pictures really stand out; my flock jumps the fence to leave the orchard in search of a lush lawn, much to my husband's dismay.

As this is such a diverse country and the dissemination of a small pool of CL's has spread far and wide, I always wonder how that affects the lines that may develop, even if everyone is breeding to the SOP. Does location, climate, change in diet, etc affect genetic expression? Will we find over time that lines are more similar in certain regions for all the reasons that might be in play?

For the scientists out there, please be kind, I appreciate your input.

What a great question!!

There was some talk awhile back that even time of hatch can have an effect on the size of comb and wattle. As I recall winter hatched cockerels were destined to have a smaller comb and wattles. Isn't that interesting - I think light had something to do with it - and the breeder who first brought it up - said to get the cockerels as cold and in as much light as early as possible.

Conversely, in our super hot climate - I wonder if our males don't grow larger combs and wattles to help dissipate any body heat possible. I also see them collapse in the sun like a puppet with the strings cut and spread their feathers and think that they are trying to absorb some of the D 'sunshine vitamin'

Incidentally on a totally different but already touched on topic in these threads some place....a study about light and embryonic development MAY suggest that on day 17 and going forward embryonic development is benefited by light on the eggshell... especially for males, affecting the eyesight. We were discussing the idea that the mean rooster -- is mean not because he has an evil heart....

but because he has very, very bad eyesight.