Cream Legbars

[Sylvester017]

It'a really good to get different views of how flocks are managed.
When CLs first hit the scene -- people were trying to hatch first-eggs. In the UK - in one of his books Grant Brereton mentioned waiting until the hen is 2-years old to breed. In subsequent writings, I have seen 1-year mentioned. One of the reasons -- for 2-years old is that the hen has gone through her first molt - and you know what she is "really like", add to that you are building some longevity into your flock -- some chickens don't pass 9-12 months old....sometimes a congenital defect surfaces around tat time IMO. Lots of variables and lots of different goals.

Thank you for adding your input. Your view is what I usually hear from breeders - that maturity is the best for breeding for several reasons. Grant is quite a respected breeder.

 

[sol2go]

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I'll have to look this up...

 

[sol2go]

Any opinions on aggressiveness of CL Roos? My first is pretty good but one of my March hatch chicks got so mean we had to cull him yesterday. He tore the back of the head off one of the pullets (my favorite too!) she is scalped now and recovering in my basement. When I tried to break it up he turned on me and that was it for him.

He seemed awfully young to be that aggressive. It's from the Rees line. He was a great color, darn it.

I know that is gross, but she should recover well if treated to avoid infection. The only time I've had that problem was when a hen was attached to one rooster and refused another one that was in the same space; this has happened with more than one group. And yes, there were CL roos involved. It seems like they were usually still cockerels and overly competitive. But that has not been a sure indicator of human aggression.

In general, the CL roos are fine with the hens. Although I have had some with sour temperaments, it seems to be inherited so I avoid using them in breeding programs and don't keep them around for long. It seems like the CL roos that are the nicest with the hens are also the best around people.

btw - I am lucky to have a few good vets familiar with exotic birds/poultry. One recommended treatment was to coat the scalped area with Manuka honey, for the various anti-bacterial properties - which are noted by numerical indicators, from 5 to 15, for example. Another vet thought it worked mostly because it forms a crusty cap and keeps the area soft. Either way, it was an effective "bandaid" in conjunction with trimethsulfa to avoid infection.

 

[dretd]

Good Morning Everyone:

The Cream Legbar Club is having its Second Club Meeting for the year today. It has come to my attention that several members have not received their meeting invites so I thought I'd post the invite for anyone who would like to join us today (1 PM Pacific)

The agenda is:
1) Welcome
2) New SOP draft to be released (Kestlyn Penley)
3) Breeder’s Handbook is being written to answer basic questions that keep coming up (Kathy Kinsel Chair)
4) Summary of the APA approval process and a vote from the Club on whether we invite non-club members to sign affidavits or if you need to be a Club (Kestlyn and Michael)
5) Virtual Poultry Show –August or September (Tony Markley coordinator)
6) Second Annual Egg Contest (Kestlyn Penley)
7)Interview with Michael about his Rose Comb Project



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[ChicKat]

Good Morning Everyone:

The Cream Legbar Club is having its Second Club Meeting for the year today. It has come to my attention that several members have not received their meeting invites so I thought I'd post the invite for anyone who would like to join us today (1 PM Pacific)

The agenda is:
1) Welcome
2) New SOP draft to be released (Kestlyn Penley)
3) Breeder’s Handbook is being written to answer basic questions that keep coming up (Kathy Kinsel Chair)
4) Summary of the APA approval process and a vote from the Club on whether we invite non-club members to sign affidavits or if you need to be a Club (Kestlyn and Michael)
5) Virtual Poultry Show –August or September (Tony Markley coordinator)
6) Second Annual Egg Contest (Kestlyn Penley)
7)Interview with Michael about his Rose Comb Project



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United States - New York, NY +1.646.307.1990
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Hey everyone!! hope to see a lot of you there today. Just a word..the meeting is for Full Members of the CL Club --

 

[ChicKat]

I'll have to look this up...

Here is the BYC link to the discussion -- I came across it googling Gold Duckwing:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/603553/gold-duckwing-vs-black-breasted-red

 

[KPenley]

Hey everyone!! hope to see a lot of you there today.  Just a word..the meeting is for Full Members of the CL Club -- 

X2 I only sent an announcement to the Full Members but all members will be able to see and hear the meeting recording soon!

 

[chrissyr]

So I got my Rees line cream legbars from Gff. Some of they're calls sound weird. They do cheep but they also do a quick fast repeated half chirp. Has anyone experienced this. Not quite sure what guineas sound like but from what I've read described: reminds me of that

 

[LaBella]

Sorry I missed the meeting, hopefully next time I am not wrangling kids and puppies.

 

[kllyjansen]

Hello,

I have 2 cream legbar pullets that will be 4 months old around July 1st. I was surprised to get an unquestionable squat from one of the them yesterday. I thought cream legbars were a breed that started laying a little later and had assumed my Barred Plymouth Rock of the same age would be the first to lay. What do you guys think?

I have also found it very curious that despite hatching within a couple days of each other, the two cream legbars have grown and matured at vastly different rates. The one who squatted today has not only grown physically faster, but has very pretty plumage and large red wattles for several weeks. The color on her breast developed a couple months ago. The other still looks like a gangly, rough youngster with small, pale wattles and immature plummage. In fact, she's very little color other than black until pretty recently and her breast started to develop color many weeks after the other one. See photos.

The 'younger' one, Nugget, is quite shy so I don't have good a good individual photo of her. She's the one in the far back:




Here she is in a zoomed pic:



These two photos are of the very not-shy Omelette Top one is from yesterday just after squatting, the other is from about a week ago:







I guess I'm just curious as to how this can be? They aren't just days behind eachother in development, they are weeks and months. And I am certain they hatched within days of each other.

I appreciate your thoughts!

-K