Cream Legbars

[bamadude]

Hi bamadude, are you talking about Henk's chicken calculator? 

 If we are talking about the same calculator....

Start with the default (gold-duck wing) aka wild type - 
on your female select the barring gene B
and -- when you get to the Ig/Ig -- you want to change that to ig/ig -- If you are a member of the Cream Legbar Club -- there is a whole article about the Chicken Calculator in one of the older newsletters -- if you aren't a member -- PM me and I will go search it out and send you a copy.  

Your offspring will be crested --  

yes the henks. Thank u....im gonna plunk on it for a bit.

 

[sol2go]

Im trying to do a chicken color calculator...i cant copy paste the link. U can google it if u want...i am trying to use my only crested cream legbar pullet to make f1 olive eggers. I have a black copper, a blue, a cuckoo, and a wheaten Marans cockerels...im trying to see the possibilities of colors from any of these crosses. On the color calculator it has the space for the color of the female.....what is the color of a crested cream legbar?

I had a blue copper marans Roo over a cream leg bar Hen, the results were usually a solid blue hen with dark hackle feathers (no barring); for some reason the offspring were mostly blue females. Sometimes the type was like an oversized cream legbar (size and shape) and sometimes very heavy and round like a marans. They did not always have leg feathers.

Here's what the olive egg looks like (front center).



I have a male offspring from a CL Roo x Cuckoo Marans Hen, he has great black and white barring with a crest and a very nice personality.

 

[ChicKat]

yes the henks. Thank u....im gonna plunk on it for a bit.

There is also a hybrid thread where people have photos of Legbar crosses - you may find something there that is already an example of your experiments.
:O)

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/825092/cream-legbar-hybrid-thread/1490#post_14509672

 

[ThatFarmerChick]

Help!!!! My son is joining 4h in a few days and wants to compete with some animals. Cream Legbar is on his list. I need one or a pair. We live in MD. We understand that we may have to wait until spring, but that is best for us as well. I am not completely prepared. I do know that I need help. I know this breed can be expensive and he wants an entire flock of different birds. I am not sure if I am willing to pay a lot for a chicken. Please PM me if you can help or hit me up within the forum if you can give me more info. Thank you all in advance!

 

[Brada Puhi]

Hauʻoli lā hānau o ʻIesū!

 

[Odelia]

Help!!!! My son is joining 4h in a few days and wants to compete with some animals. Cream Legbar is on his list. I need one or a pair. We live in MD. We understand that we may have to wait until spring, but that is best for us as well. I am not completely prepared. I do know that I need help. I know this breed can be expensive and he wants an entire flock of different birds. I am not sure if I am willing to pay a lot for a chicken. Please PM me if you can help or hit me up within the forum if you can give me more info. Thank you all in advance!

As much as I love this breed it isn't a good choice for 4-H. It isn't an APA recognized breed so that will hurt him. It can't win in quality and it won't help his points in showmanship. Hope that helps.

 

[ChicKat]

Help!!!! My son is joining 4h in a few days and wants to compete with some animals. Cream Legbar is on his list. I need one or a pair. We live in MD. We understand that we may have to wait until spring, but that is best for us as well. I am not completely prepared. I do know that I need help. I know this breed can be expensive and he wants an entire flock of different birds. I am not sure if I am willing to pay a lot for a chicken. Please PM me if you can help or hit me up within the forum if you can give me more info. Thank you all in advance!

As much as I love this breed it isn't a good choice for 4-H. It isn't an APA recognized breed so that will hurt him. It can't win in quality and it won't help his points in showmanship. Hope that helps.

Odelia,
So glad that you brought this up. I keep forgetting that we are still working on APA recognition LOL -- because the breed is such a reality at my place.

- Last year -- and rolling into a spring showing - there was a 4-H group in Dallas that raised Cream Legbar chicks. It was coordinated by Club President Curtis Hale and dedicated 4-H leader with a successful showing of 30 Cream Legbars in the Texas State Fair. The same 4H Group will be showing the same birds this spring in the Fancy Feathers Show, I believe it is in March.

It would be great to do the same thing in 2015. If you are 4-H or FFA - get in touch with me - or with someone else on the Club's board of directors -- and we could see if we can get youth to have the fun of raising Cream Legbars in 2015 also. It really isn't too early to start thinking about this.

 

[bamadude]

@ChicKatThank you for being so cool. U went out of your to help a newbie to this breed. The world needs more people like u. Thank you very much

 

[ChicKat]

@ChicKat Thank you for being so cool. U went out of your to help a newbie to this breed. The world needs more people like u. Thank you very much

You are very welcome....thanks for the kind words. Cheers for New Years -- and happy Legbarring!

 

[bamadude]

Thanks and back at u