Cream Legbars

[Red Banks]

It appear you are taking my opinion personal and you should not, it's simply my opinion... Of course no one is stuck with the Rees line, and working with just the Rees line alone can produce great birds...

As for "what is wrong with Rees CLs" nothing is technically wrong with them they are what they are, overall they have a lot of better features then the earlier lines and you can get nice looking birds... But like all lines the gene pool is limited and they have their line quirks and are not 'perfect' and 'perfect' varies all over the place depending on opinions...

If my account is correct the US Rees line all originates from only 4 birds, IMO that is a limited gene pool for long term breeding success and hampers breeders ability to 'fix' or 'change' things or at least prolongs that... This is why many breeders occasionally outsource a new line into their breeding stock to improve on a specific trait they desire...

I know for me the egg color of pretty much all the US lines, including the Rees disappoints me... I personally would like to see a deeper true blue color in the egg and would love to introduce a new CL line with better egg color, while maintaining a larger size and good production... For many breeding for a SoP bird egg color/size/production isn't all that important, to me it is...

I also want to breed a white line (and someone can correct me if I'm wrong) but I don't believe the Rees line has been shown to carry the recessive white gene?

Thank you for the explanation.

 

[PDPercherons]

I may be incorrect in how I read that note from GFF, but I'm under the impression that 12 birds total have founded everything they've brought and raised here. I may be wrong as the loss and explanation wasn't exactly the easiest to me. You are correct on the Rees line. 2 roosters and 2 hens to found that line.

 

[dolfi]

Hi everyone I was just wondering is he a cream legbar?

 

[Ravynscroft]

Hi everyone I was just wondering is he a cream legbar?

I would say no, I don't think so... to me it looks like it could be Cream Legbar/Rhodebar cross, but that is just a shot in the dark... to be on the safe side, I would feel more comfortable saying mixed...

Maybe others see different?


Edited - Correction, he looks like a Bielefelder...

 

[sol2go]

I have 14 pullets, these are the two that I think have the best coloring..... just over 10 weeks. All comments are welcome and appreciated.

Pullet #1









Pullet #2 in front of Pullet #1

Lots of nice qualities in both.
I was trying to get a better look at their barring - looking at tail and under fluff. Also wondering if their back feathers look barred or laced; not a critique, just looking for things I'm working on with my flock.

 

[dolfi]

I would say no, I don't think so... to me it looks like it could be Cream Legbar/Rhodebar cross, but that is just a shot in the dark... to be on the safe side, I would feel more comfortable saying mixed...

Maybe others see different?


Edited - Correction, he looks like a Bielefelder...

Yes he is definitely mixed with who knows what. I got him cause I loved his the colors. I saw some pictures of the cream legbar and thought maybe I could mix him with my americanas. I'm dying for olive Eggers.
But thank you. That was an awesome guess on your part.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Yes he is definitely mixed with who knows what. I got him cause I loved his the colors. I saw some pictures of the cream legbar and thought maybe I could mix him with my americanas. I'm dying for olive Eggers.
But thank you. That was an awesome guess on your part.

I'm definitely thinking now he's got Bielefelder in him... he is a gorgeous color, but no way to know what egg color he is carrying til you breed him... hope he works out for you...

 

[dolfi]

I'm definitely thinking now he's got Bielefelder in him... he is a gorgeous color, but no way to know what egg color he is carrying til you breed him... hope he works out for you...

Yes that's exactly what he looks like. I went and looked at pictures of the Bielefelder and it is almost a match.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Yes that's exactly what he looks like. I went and looked at pictures of the Bielefelder and it is almost a match.

 

[Red Banks]

Lots of nice qualities in both.
I was trying to get a better look at their barring - looking at tail and under fluff. Also wondering if their back feathers look barred or laced; not a critique, just looking for things I'm working on with my flock.

Thank you.... I will try to get better pictures. This is exactly what I was hoping for. This will be a big help to me. I can read all day but I won't recognize some of these things by myself.