Cream Legbars

[PDPercherons]

Broke out the real camera. My son is very doting and excited about his new chicks. They should be well handled by the time they are older. He seems to prefer the pullets as they are not as spunky as the cockerels.

I would like to thank Tim here in Michigan for getting me a start to breeding Legbars.

 

[ChicKat]

Broke out the real camera. My son is very doting and excited about his new chicks. They should be well handled by the time they are older. He seems to prefer the pullets as they are not as spunky as the cockerels.

I would like to thank Tim here in Michigan for getting me a start to breeding Legbars.

Beautiful pictures !! Thanks for posting!! Love those babies. Tim Henson? you got good starter stock. Congratulations.

 

[chicken pickin]

Broke out the real camera. My son is very doting and excited about his new chicks. They should be well handled by the time they are older. He seems to prefer the pullets as they are not as spunky as the cockerels.

I would like to thank Tim here in Michigan for getting me a start to breeding Legbars.

Congrats on your new cute chicks! They are adorable. Rees chicks correct?

Maybe Im the only one, but does anyone else find it amazing that Rees chicks can be easily picked out from the other lines, they have a certain look to them.

@PDPercherons Im sure you will enjoy them. My Rees cock bird is the best, such a great personality, he is my favorite male just because of his good nature.

 

[PDPercherons]

They are from Tim Henson. They are Rees birds. Here I was worried I may have a harder time sexing my chicks. 2 cockerels were born first. It was very obvious when that next egg was a pullet. The differences are night and day and I really like that.

I can't wait to hatch more.

 

[ChicKat]

They are from Tim Henson. They are Rees birds. Here I was worried I may have a harder time sexing my chicks. 2 cockerels were born first. It was very obvious when that next egg was a pullet. The differences are night and day and I really like that.

I can't wait to hatch more.

It will be so nice that you have someone you know -- and Tim has been working with his Rees stock to weed out some of the problems -- so you actually have -- like the next step from raw Rees to start with.

What is that statistic - only 1-in-10 chicks are supposed to be 'keepers' regarding the breeding. When the breed is rare and in danger - in someways they are all keepers.... (Like I see you have Isbars too! I love my Isbars - but I really worry about the rarity of them -- and hope that the traits that were in the first GFF imports of Isbars will be the ones that go into the future. This spring I really want to boost the Isbar percentage of my flock -- and I haven't seriously tried to hatch from my Isbars....so I think getting any they will sure be kept. ;O)

BTW there are a couple other Michiganders that also have CLs

 

[ChickChuck22]

I am thinking about getting this boy to look after my flock, and possibly breed from, does anyone have any opinions about him, I would be interested as a newbie to Cream leggies and just learning what's good and what's bad

Ooh, I nearly forgot! I am in UK so birds may be a slightly different standard to US chucks, but any comments would be great, thanks

 

[ChickChuck22]

It will be so nice that you have someone you know -- and Tim has been working with his Rees stock to weed out some of the problems -- so you actually have -- like the next step from raw Rees to start with. 

What is that statistic - only 1-in-10 chicks are supposed to be 'keepers' regarding the breeding.  When the breed is rare and in danger - in someways they are all keepers.... (Like I see you have Isbars too!  I love my Isbars - but I really worry about the rarity of them -- and hope that the traits that were in the first GFF imports of Isbars will be the ones that go into the future.   This spring I really want to boost the Isbar percentage of my flock -- and I haven't seriously  tried to hatch from my Isbars....so I think getting any they will sure be kept.  ;O)

BTW there are a couple other Michiganders that also have CLs

You are sooo lucky to have Isbars, I cannot find them in Britain, and have scoured the country! I have been thinking of getting them shipped (eggs) from their native land but no joy yet. I just love my coloured layers, cream leggies, Isbars, Araucana.

 

[ChicKat]

You are sooo lucky to have Isbars, I cannot find them in Britain, and have scoured the country! I have been thinking of getting them shipped (eggs) from their native land but no joy yet. I just love my coloured layers, cream leggies, Isbars, Araucana.

Good for you! and good luck in your search for Isbars, you definitely won't regret getting them......

I like the male in your photo. Sadly in UK the pendulum has swung to a very very light looking preference that I consider kind of monochromatic (Black & White mostly) --- The cockerel pictured has a lot of nice things going for him from my view -- nice long back, nice low tail angle, nice yellow legs and beak. His crest looks particularly small...it would make me wonder if he had only one -cresting gene- If you were to ask some over there (sadly IMO) they would tell you it isn't a CL -- but some out-cross. -- There is an article in the Practical Poultry UK magazine -- October 2015 issue about - Cream Legbar buying guide, and they emphasize an interview with Emily de Gray -- who I believe just won at the Nationals over there with one of her chickens -- talking about how they feel coloration is undesirable. -- If you wanted to participate in poultry shows -- you would have a long road to match what they are showing over there right now from what I can tell..... If you want a nice healthy beautiful looking and distinctive cockerel for your flock - I think that you have a winner ......... Kind of like buying a computer -- what do you want to use it for.

ETA - looks like he has a straight comb too - and white earlobes which the USA standard calls for - there in UK you can have white or off-white(cream) earlobes). If you aren't interested in poultry showing -- he looks particularly nice -- if the owner can show you blue (instead of green eggs) that he hatched from and if he has a nice weight -- there are a LOT of good things going for him. :O) (However you could get push back from some of your fellow U.K.ers telling you it isn't a CL -- if you have a thick enough skin and aren't swayed tremendously by the views of some of the others -- go for it. ;O)
If it were me, and I could get original Isbar hatching eggs--- I would.

 

[tdhenson86]

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Thank you all for the kind words!!! I culled from 28 Rees birds to less than 10. Now, I'm on generation two. I've been working on them and I'm starting to see the fruits of my labor. It just takes generations to get better and better birds.

 

[fowlman01]

I am thinking about getting this boy to look after my flock, and possibly breed from, does anyone have any opinions about him, I would be interested as a newbie to Cream leggies and just learning what's good and what's bad

Ooh, I nearly forgot! I am in UK so birds may be a slightly different standard to US chucks, but any comments would be great, thanks

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This is a UK bird from their National meet a couple weeks ago. This male is at the darkest end to be acceptable in the UK.

Walt