Cream Legbars

[chicken pickin]

I was able to get a few better pics of my cockerel today, he is roughly 16weeks, so far he is a very nice looking cockerel, IMO. What I would change on him if I could is for him to have a lower tail angle, he carries it a bit high. I also would like better barring in the wing triangle. If I keep him around I will pair him with a pullet/hen that has a low tail angle and good barring.

 

[chicken pickin]

Hi Brat Flock,

Love those gorgeous neon-yellow legs!! Also nice long back and low tail angle on your pullets. The one in the sedond picture on the left - has that nice gray color that has been mentioned.. infact they both have nice gray. Little dark edges on breast feathers are undesirable - but those have been known to disappear with maturity. Definite neat crests -- good to have. Like my flock - the one pictured solo is showing a lot of dark pigment...in head and upper neck feathering.

It will be so interesting to see how they mature. !! you need to keep us up to date as they grow. Thanks for posting.

I agree with this.

and congrats on the new CL chicks. Please update as they grow. Ill be keeping a look out for the Cemani chicks as well

so I hope you post them on a Cemani thread

 

[ChicKat]

I was able to get a few better pics of my cockerel today, he is roughly 16weeks, so far he is a very nice looking cockerel, IMO. What I would change on him if I could is for him to have a lower tail angle, he carries it a bit high. I also would like better barring in the wing triangle. If I keep him around I will pair him with a pullet/hen that has a low tail angle and good barring.

He looks nice.
The boys I processed were about that stage of development, and type-wise the largest of my three resembled him. He also weighed 3.75 pounds.... the other two were 2.25 and 2.5 -- Based on his leg length and size of feet and legs - I suspect he is going to reach a nice size/weight.

 

[ChicopeeBrookFM]

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This is really great info! Thank you. It seems that the cockerel with BB can be predicted, but the hen will always be Bb and therefore the down cannot be predicted, if I read correctly. Genetics from college biology is a distant memory!!

 

[ChicKat]

Quote: Betcah college bio didn't REALLY cover chickens well. LOL -- unless it was an Ag course. Female chicken only has one place-holder for barring gene -- so all she can be is B -- there are multiple ways to notate... B/ is one B/- is one -- and there are some others so I suspect that is the source of B/b -- I think there may be a B/m also --

Yo -- y'all genetic experts out there -- got anything to clear the waters that I muddied?

 

[sol2go]

Most are grey or cinnamon and there were about 6 that were like the one in the upper right hand corner of the pic. I will make some photos today. All the males had a yellow or lighter spot on their heads. They're of the Jill Rees variety from GFF.

Do you have pictures to share of your "yellow down" pullets and cockerels?

I tried to post some down pics, and just as I finished the text…poof!

I'll try again later...

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

May I ask - in cream legbars, what would be the best sign that they are about to lay? My girls are now 16 (Jenny & Lissa) and 17 (Paula) weeks old. Paula's comb is starting to get a bit redder/bigger (of course, she's older). From what I've read, I shouldn't expect them to lay until about 24 weeks - how reliable is this (vs. needing to give them nest boxes before this)?

The reason I ask is that I have the three girls in a small starter coop with attached run (and time to roam in a larger area each day as well). The nest boxes are pretty wee, and I have them blocked off right now with cardboard to keep them from sleeping there (the coop part is also pretty wee). I will be building them a larger coop (got plans for The Garden Coop) to house them and some new Naked Neck, New Hampshire, and Black Copper Maran flock mates coming this fall, and ideally I'd like to have it done before these three girls start laying, so they can use those newer nest boxes. I am having the property fenced right now, and then having some tree work done at the coop site, so I need to delay a bit before starting...

I just wanted to know what to look for and what sort of construction deadline I had.

- Ant Farm

 

[caychris]

May I ask - in cream legbars, what would be the best sign that they are about to lay? My girls are now 16 (Jenny & Lissa) and 17 (Paula) weeks old. Paula's comb is starting to get a bit redder/bigger (of course, she's older). From what I've read, I shouldn't expect them to lay until about 24 weeks - how reliable is this (vs. needing to give them nest boxes before this)?

The reason I ask is that I have the three girls in a small starter coop with attached run (and time to roam in a larger area each day as well). The nest boxes are pretty wee, and I have them blocked off right now with cardboard to keep them from sleeping there (the coop part is also pretty wee). I will be building them a larger coop (got plans for The Garden Coop) to house them and some new Naked Neck, New Hampshire, and Black Copper Maran flock mates coming this fall, and ideally I'd like to have it done before these three girls start laying, so they can use those newer nest boxes. I am having the property fenced right now, and then having some tree work done at the coop site, so I need to delay a bit before starting...

I just wanted to know what to look for and what sort of construction deadline I had.

- Ant Farm

I would say that at 20 weeks you are getting close the best indicator Ive seen is that if they squat in front of you Bring your hand down over the top like you are going to pet them, if the squat they are within about 2 weeks (sometimes less) of laying. At 20 weeks I would start checking for this behavior. Give them treats or feed or something to get them close if need be then try it.

 

[napdognewfie]

Sometimes they squat as you approach them. Funny when you have a group of them all doing it together. Kind of like they are bowing to the king (or the food source). Lol

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I would say that at 20 weeks you are getting close the best indicator Ive seen is that if they squat in front of you Bring your hand down over the top like you are going to pet them, if the squat they are within about 2 weeks (sometimes less) of laying. At 20 weeks I would start checking for this behavior. Give them treats or feed or something to get them close if need be then try it.

Sometimes they squat as you approach them. Funny when you have a group of them all doing it together. Kind of like they are bowing to the king (or the food source). Lol

Thanks so much. I'm trying to visualize what this actually looks like. Sometimes even when they were younger, because they didn't like being petted from above (made them a bit nervous), they would duck (or squat) a bit like the way my cat did when she didn't want to be petted. So I guess I'm trying to visualize how this would be different.

(Either way, I obviously need to get going on the building!!!!!)

- Ant Farm