Cream Legbars

[tdhenson86]

Sorry I've been away so long! Apparently, doing a third masters, working full time, joining a new therapy cohort with the state, trying to manage a small farm, and keeping a social life are not wise to combine. I am only on here today because I'm sick and my doctor told me to stay home from work and take it easy. Since the last time I was on here, I have gotten about 15 Rees Line Legbars. I have around 10 cockerels and the rest hens. So, I will have several cockerels/roosters for sale once they grow out. They are pure Rees Line and will have some great genetics. I can already see a HUGE difference between them and my Legbars from 3 different lines of Greenfire birds I've gotten in the past. Please PM me if you'd be interested in a cockerel or two and I can let you know when they're grown out and I've done my selections.

 

[GaryDean26]

Tim,

You can't post that you have Rees line birds and that you can see a big difference with out sharing all of your discoveries.

Please post photos of you flock. If you can describe or show comparisons between your Rees line and your earlier line stock that would great to.

Do you have any weights on you birds. That is one of the things that I would be very interested in.

Regards,

To be fair here are some of mine.

Here is a 2012 F1 cockerel.



This is one of his 2013 son's. He has terrible serration on his comb and a high tail, but other than that was just what I was looking for. He weighed in at 5 lbs 14 oz at 9 months old and is out of our hen that lays the largest Legbar eggs.


This is a 2013 pullet from the first cockles. She wasn't as good in type as others in her hatch group but is the most productive of the three (3) 2013 pullets that we kept and lays the largest and the bluest eggs of the three. We kept her to help with the flocks color.

 

[Metella]

so I got 4 shipped eggs to hatch this year - my first with legbars ... 3 roos and a hen and only one roo and hen look "right"

tell me what you think ....

 

[ChicKat]

so I got 4 shipped eggs to hatch this year - my first with legbars ... 3 roos and a hen and only one roo and hen look "right"

tell me what you think ....

Congrats on getting hatchlings - your center cockerel - with the most distinct barring in the tail is your best bet. The ones with particularly dark tails - may produce chicks that are not sexable at hatch - since there is a possiblilty that they have only one barring gene - based on the tail barring. I think I see faint barring in the tail of the last photo - it is more like the barring I would expect on a pullet/hen - which has only 1 copy of the Barring gene because that gene is double in males and single in females --

Speaking of your double barred cockerel - I see a nice long back and a nice low tail angle... If he has a good comb - you are on your way for type - with those features.

 

[KPenley]

@Metella, I would keep the double barred rooster and the hen and see what happens. It's a start and there are some good shape basics there If their offspring are all dark gold and red you may want to consider bringing in a more correctly colored bird at a later date to spread more barring and ig genes. Best wishes!

 

[moss farm]

Can anyone tell if this is a male or female

 

[chicken pickin]

Can anyone tell if this is a male or female

The pictures aren't too clear but looks male due to the lack of chipmunk stripes also he looks charcoal in color and I think I see barring coming in on the wings..

 

[KendyF]

Mine have much more gold! Those are beautiful!

 

[moss farm]

Good deal. I'll be mating him with her

 

[chicken pickin]

Tim,

You can't post that you have Rees line birds and that you can see a big difference with out sharing all of your discoveries.

Please post photos of you flock. If you can describe or show comparisons between your Rees line and your earlier line stock that would great to.

Do you have any weights on you birds. That is one of the things that I would be very interested in.

Regards,

To be fair here are some of mine.

Here is a 2012 F1 cockerel.



This is one of his 2013 son's. He has terrible serration on his comb and a high tail, but other than that was just what I was looking for. He weighed in at 5 lbs 14 oz at 9 months old and is out of our hen that lays the largest Legbar eggs.


This is a 2013 pullet from the first cockles. She wasn't as good in type as others in her hatch group but is the most productive of the three (3) 2013 pullets that we kept and lays the largest and the bluest eggs of the three. We kept her to help with the flocks color.

X2 I agree I would really like to hear some of the similarities that are being seen between previous CL flocks and the Rees line.

@tdhenson86 if you have the time to give us a few examples of what you are seeing or even post some pictures of the differences you see, that would be very helpful to us all.