Cream Legbars

[chicken pickin]

Congratulations on your hatch rate! So many things can happen when chicks are hatching even if conditions are ideal. Well, as of this AM all 8 chicks have made it out and are peeping up a storm! I will try to get some pics tonight once they are all dry and ready to move to the brooder.

Congrats on the great hatch rate!!!

 

[caychris]

On crest color I actually like the darker crest colors because it makes the crest stand out a bit more. I think in general the darker the color may indicate a higher crest too. Ive notice the pics of the higher crested females tend to be darker. My girl is quite dark and its pretty high. (Almost polish looking)

Lillians crest seems to lay back almost like greased down hair.

 

[tdhenson86]

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Thanks for clarifying! This is a lot like my favorite pullets and hens I've gotten from the former lines and now the Jill Rees line. I don't mind the crest color being the same as the hackles or different, it just seems the ones I have with the best coloration have darker crests than hackles--which may be because they came from Jill and I'm sure Lillian's blood is probably present in the birds I have. Thanks for clarifying that! I'm going to breed for consistent hackle color in both males and females. Then, I'll decide on the crest color later. My bigger issues are body shape and overall coloration.

 

[ChicKat]

I think my biggest issue for 2015 is the tail angle.........

 

[chicken pickin]

I think my biggest issue for 2015 is the tail angle.........

I think many of us have this issue as well... I know that is something big I want to work on as well, also looooooonger backs.

I had once had a nice cockerel with great color a very long back and a super low tail angle but ultimately he was culled due to a side sprig

Its always something lol.

 

[sol2go]

Congratulations on your hatch rate! So many things can happen when chicks are hatching even if conditions are ideal. Well, as of this AM all 8 chicks have made it out and are peeping up a storm! I will try to get some pics tonight once they are all dry and ready to move to the brooder.

yea for another positive hatch!

 

[sol2go]

I just wanted to show everyone what I'm working with right now in my Legbars.

Im not positive on what the UK breeders are striving for, I do know that here in the US crest color and dark vs light is still very up in the air since the SOP is a little vague in that area. I don't necessarily consider the hen above to be dark crested. The shade is slightly darker and has a little contrast to her hackles but its not dark like we often see.

Here are a few pullets from my flock that I consider to be dark crested. Currently I dont plan to breed for this color crest. I like crests that are more cream in color and that is my goal.

What catches my eye with the darker crests is how clean the hackle feathers look.
Based on my experience, I would have expected the black to obscure the lighter colors in the hackle feathers (which I would characterize as over-melanized).
Thanks for the posts.

 

[KPenley]

Sorry that I didn't get pics of the big birds today, but we were distracted by these little guys (5k, 3p)

 

[BuffyBugSlayer]

Awww! Congrats

 

[sol2go]

Sorry that I didn't get pics of the big birds today, but we were distracted by these little guys (5k, 3p)

I see cute faces and crests!!