Cream Legbars

[BuffyBugSlayer]

The two males that just hatched have two slightly different down colors. One is a little cinnamony and the other more grey.

I think I remember someone here said they found it did correlate with adult plummage coloration. Anyone recall or have any input?

 

[ChicopeeBrookFM]

I am curious to know the answer too, since the majority of my flock are similar in color

 

[napdognewfie]

Are you near Haverhill?

 

[phoenix-silkie]

. You're both welcome to visit the farm in Monson. I usually have a summer's end bbq with overnight quarters and great chicken. Lol.

I am really enjoying watching this flock grow. Many of them like to be held. There are three different color shades in the group of this GFF Jill Rees line. Chestnut, grey and blonde.

thanks, anytime im out there i will for sure do that and the same to everyone, if you find your self in Canada and not that far from Williams lake you can come and see my flock of 8, and in 2016 i hope to get 8 more chickens and hatch 12 chicks

 

[ChicopeeBrookFM]

That's great, I hope you'll post of the new additions and the hatchlings. Would be great to see photos.

 

[ChicopeeBrookFM]

I am west of Boston in Monson which is next to Brimfield. For you Canadians and Mid-Westerners, we have the Brimfield Antiques show in the next town over three times a year, and the next is in September.

 

[napdognewfie]

Oooh. Chickens & old stuff. Sounds like fun!

 

[ChicopeeBrookFM]

It should be, at the last fair in July there were plenty of Americana chix artifacts and even saw some cast iron roosters. LOL

 

[chicken pickin]

Welcome to the Cream Legbar thread guys, glad you joined us. We have a great group of devoted Cream Legbar owners here, very friendly and knowledgeable people here doing their part to better the breed. So please feel free to ask questions, share pics and stories and start some wonderful Cream Legbar discussions.

@Jeffross98 Im not too far from you, just over the NH border roughly 45mins from Boston. Its great that your chicks are doing well and that Greenfire sent you many extras. I hope they grow well and have nice qualities for you to breed forward. If you get time you should post pics of their progress as they mature.


One suggestion I might have is, if you can, don't rehome any chicks until you can watch them mature and then choose the very best for yourself, then rehome the others that don't make the cut. Just a tip. that is if you are planning to breed toward the proposed standard, otherwise it doesn't matter which you choose.

 

[ChicopeeBrookFM]

Thank you @ chicken picken for the great advice. Glad to discover this thread with the help of others and BYC in general. Lots of good info here.

I will take many photos and put some of the legbands to use. I've been wondering how to best put them to use. I initially used them to mark a pecked chick and some pasty butt so I could treat and monitor but those are all clear so I clipped them off this week.
I'll have to band them and make a journal. There are 65 and I was planning to end up with 30 or so and to select a rooster and have 15 hens, but as fate has it all are full of vitality.
At what age do they most represent their full mature potential?