Cream Legbars

[iPickYupik]

After my ordeal with the muted color "pullets" that ended up being cockerels, I'm very happy to say that I'm the proud mama of a CL pullet thanks to ChicKat! Here's some pics of my pretty little girl that hatched last night and her hatch mates, 2 silkies and an OE.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I'm brand new to CLs. I have one three-week old pullet and she's such a cuddle muffin, she just amazes me! But more than that, Strawberry, her name, will fall instantly asleep in my lap or any position she happens to be in, and if I'm stroking the back of her neck, she relaxes so completely she appears, well, dead! Her skinny little neck will go completely limp while she's in her zone of ecstasy!

Is this a normal Legbar behavior trait? Or do I just have a particularly laid back individual. She's one of four chicks, the others are Marans. She's by far the one who most loves lap time and being stroked and cuddled.

I have three CL pullets - 4-5 weeks old. One (Jenny) really likes to snuggle against the side of my neck on my shoulder and make happy noises; she acts like she would want to be there ALWAYS. One (Clarissa) likes to sit on my lap next to my hand, stretch to her neck out, drape it across my hand, and fall asleep/play dead - no stroking needed (kind of freaks me out). The third (Paula, the 5 week old) mostly likes to pace around on my knees seeing if she can spot the mealworm bag anywhere... (but she likes cuddles, too). I'm new to CLs as well, and have been pleasantly surprised at how friendly/cuddly they have been so far for me.

- Ant Farm

 

[ChicKat]

After my ordeal with the muted color "pullets" that ended up being cockerels, I'm very happy to say that I'm the proud mama of a CL pullet thanks to ChicKat! Here's some pics of my pretty little girl that hatched last night and her hatch mates, 2 silkies and an OE.

Love seeing that smidge of white on her head and a very distinct V..... Recently I have read that white 'frost' on the female is an indicator of her barring gene. Even if she doesn't grow up to have flamboyantly expressed barring - she will pass barring to her offspring. -- (in those blue eggs)--------------

Looks like you have a nice set of chicks there. Very happy for you!

 

[ChicKat]

I'm brand new to CLs. I have one three-week old pullet and she's such a cuddle muffin, she just amazes me! But more than that, Strawberry, her name, will fall instantly asleep in my lap or any position she happens to be in, and if I'm stroking the back of her neck, she relaxes so completely she appears, well, dead! Her skinny little neck will go completely limp while she's in her zone of ecstasy!

Is this a normal Legbar behavior trait? Or do I just have a particularly laid back individual. She's one of four chicks, the others are Marans. She's by far the one who most loves lap time and being stroked and cuddled.

Well, mine aren't quite that snuggly and relaxed but I do find them to be friendly and curious. I am usually tripping over them when walking around the coop and yards. I have one that is a particular busy body and if I am around she has to know what I am up to.

I have three CL pullets - 4-5 weeks old. One (Jenny) really likes to snuggle against the side of my neck on my shoulder and make happy noises; she acts like she would want to be there ALWAYS. One (Clarissa) likes to sit on my lap next to my hand, stretch to her neck out, drape it across my hand, and fall asleep/play dead - no stroking needed (kind of freaks me out). The third (Paula, the 5 week old) mostly likes to pace around on my knees seeing if she can spot the mealworm bag anywhere... (but she likes cuddles, too). I'm new to CLs as well, and have been pleasantly surprised at how friendly/cuddly they have been so far for me.

- Ant Farm

Talk about chicks with personality, you all have got them!

-- There is a certain trill that content happy baby CLs make -- None of my other 'breeds' have done that --- It is halfway between a purr and a song.

Right now, - I'm transferring my brooder babies into a plastic tub at night where I know they are safe here in the laundry room (killed yet another raccoon yesterday morning) - and a 'play pen' out doors during the day -- while I finish up some pen/coop rearranging and cleaning. This morning two of the little cockerels jumped up to the side of the brooder-tub, then on to my arm - ready for the trip outdoors. the other two from that hatch - require riding and not being held - (I see my self as that mother hen with the chick riding on her back)--- It's almost as if they are trained to behave like this.

 

[caychris]

Talk about chicks with personality, you all have got them!

-- There is a certain trill that content happy baby CLs make -- None of my other 'breeds' have done that --- It is halfway between a purr and a song.

Right now, - I'm transferring my brooder babies into a plastic tub at night where I know they are safe here in the laundry room (killed yet another raccoon yesterday morning) - and a 'play pen' out doors during the day -- while I finish up some pen/coop rearranging and cleaning. This morning two of the little cockerels jumped up to the side of the brooder-tub, then on to my arm - ready for the trip outdoors. the other two from that hatch - require riding and not being held - (I see my self as that mother hen with the chick riding on her back)--- It's almost as if they are trained to behave like this.

My CLB while not overly cuddly love to perch on shoulders (heads) anything to be up above all the other big girls. She isnt running away from being picked on the queen wants to survey her kingdom from on high. As a whole (babies to adults) they seem quite content to perch on you as opposed to cuddle. My delawares are friendly but not cuddle bugs. My buffs are lap chickens Pita Pinta and CLB are somewhere in between.

 

[azygous]

I'm already anticipating getting a couple more CLBs next year. I'm totally in love! Yes, Strawberry makes that distinctive trill when she gets snuggled in. She really does seem to have a mission simply to nap on me.

I'm asking a question now about their value. Why do hatcheries charge such a royal price for these little gems? Is it the blue eggs? Surely they can't be all that focused on temperament, or does that factor in to their commanding such a high dollar value?

The way I feel about Strawberry, and Legbars, I'd pay whatever they asked.

 

[ChicKat]

I'm already anticipating getting a couple more CLBs next year. I'm totally in love! Yes, Strawberry makes that distinctive trill when she gets snuggled in. She really does seem to have a mission simply to nap on me.

I'm asking a question now about their value. Why do hatcheries charge such a royal price for these little gems? Is it the blue eggs? Surely they can't be all that focused on temperament, or does that factor in to their commanding such a high dollar value?

The way I feel about Strawberry, and Legbars, I'd pay whatever they asked.

Probably the market principles of 'supply and demand' -

 

[ChicKat]

My CLB while not overly cuddly love to perch on shoulders (heads) anything to be up above all the other big girls. She isnt running away from being picked on the queen wants to survey her kingdom from on high. As a whole (babies to adults) they seem quite content to perch on you as opposed to cuddle. My delawares are friendly but not cuddle bugs. My buffs are lap chickens Pita Pinta and CLB are somewhere in between.

Yes, the do seem to think that they are very aristocratic.

 

[BuffyBugSlayer]

Probably the market principles of 'supply and demand' -

I agree. Though I have seen the prices drop just in the year that I have had them. I know that GFF drastically reduced their prices not too long ago. At some point they won't be such a curiosity and the prices will drop to "regular" chicken prices.

 

[BuffyBugSlayer]

Right now, - I'm transferring my brooder babies into a plastic tub at night where I know they are safe here in the laundry room (killed yet another raccoon yesterday morning) - and a 'play pen' out doors during the day -- while I finish up some pen/coop rearranging and cleaning. This morning two of the little cockerels jumped up to the side of the brooder-tub, then on to my arm - ready for the trip outdoors. the other two from that hatch - require riding and not being held - (I see my self as that mother hen with the chick riding on her back)--- It's almost as if they are trained to behave like this.

I am sorry that you have such a problem with raccoons. I count my lucky stars that I don't have to deal with them. The story about the hen and four chicks on your porch was really tragic.