Cream Legbars

[sol2go]

Why would putting your Roos in the hatchery endanger your npip status? Here once you are certified all your birds can mingle
Only time you can't is if you buy in from non npip and then you must quarantine in acceptable bio security fashion for xx time and then have birds tested

You cannot have adult birds with the chicks or in the hatchery area for some reason. Mine is not to question, mine is to but do.

I have no idea why? If they are all tested and clean what would the adults give the babies or the other way around?



It could be a quirk of the state here or something the individual inspector wants.

Good discussion, I am working towards NPIP in January. Any other aspects of NPIP to consider? Something that you didn't realize until you were further along in the process?

 

[sol2go]

Warm wishes to everyone with cold weather stories. Maybe the rose comb variety will be a necessary evolution in the US.
Sorry the weather has been so tough on you and your flocks, I hope posting what you are experiencing helps at some level.

 

[duluthralphie]

Good discussion, I am working towards NPIP in January. Any other aspects of NPIP to consider? Something that you didn't realize until you were further along in the process?

There is a ton of stuff, I think we would be better off starting whole new thread on this, You start one send me a link in a PM and I will go there later.

I have lots to do before the ice box hits..




@Bantambird You know I am a chicken person and that comes first right now, I have not fished in a year or two. Cold and snow is fine 30-40 below is not

 

[sol2go]

There is a ton of stuff, I think we would be better off starting whole new thread on this, You start one send me a link in a PM and I will go there later.

I have lots to do before the ice box hits..




@Bantambird You know I am a chicken person and that comes first right now, I have not fished in a year or two. Cold and snow is fine 30-40 below is not

hmm, will consider
for brevity's sake, may send you a pm just to chat

 

[HaplessRunner]

The Show is being extended to December 31, 2016. We need more entries!!! Brave the cold! Get those pictures! We want to see your beautiful legbars.

Rules for the Show:

1. Pictures of the entry birds should be unobstructed, close up views with profile views preferred.
2. Pictures should be visually appealing and taken by you.
3. Pictures must be of living birds.
4. Pictures must have been taken within two months of the show end date, December 15, 2016. Although not a requirement for this show, a digital date on the picture is helpful.
5. Pictures of birds must be posted on the Cream Legbar Club Second Annual Online, Virtual Show Facebook event page.
6. Entries will be accepted from November 2, 2016 – December 15, 2016.

Categories of Entries:

1. Varieties of Entrants: Cream Legbars, Golden Crele Legbars, and White Legbars
2. Entrants will be labelled as: Cocks, Hens, Cockerels, or Pullets

Judging and Results:

1. The best and reserve cock, hen, cockerel, and pullet for each variety will be determined.
2. The best and reserve variety will be determined from the best cock, hen, cockerel, and pullet within that variety.
3. The best and reserve in show will be determined from the best in variety champions.
4. The current Revision 4 of the draft Standard of Perfection (SOP) for the cream legbar will be used for judging. This draft SOP will also use the current drafts for the golden crele and white legbars in combined SOP format.

Awards:

1. The Best in Show and Reserve in Show winners will receive a one year paid membership to the Cream Legbar Club
2. Only one award membership will be granted per entrant.

Recommendations:

1. When adding your entry to the Facebook event page, please ensure that you title your entry with the variety and label of the bird to be entered.

Examples: Cream Legbar Cock; White Legbar Hen; Golden Crele Legbar Cockerel; Cream Legbar Pullet, etc.

This will greatly facilitate judging of the bird and eliminate any confusion of the variety that you believe the bird to be.

2. The judging will be done by an APA registered/licensed poultry judge. So do your best to present your birds in show condition. If this were a live show, the judge would examine and pick up the bird. As such, the judge would expect to find birds freshly bathed and in peak condition.

3. Show birds have attitude!! They unfailingly have a sense of who they are and this message comes across loudly in the pictures of the bird. This, too, is a point of judging birds in a show. How does the chicken carry himself or herself in presenting themselves to other chickens and people? Capturing this attitude in a picture can make all the difference especially since the APA judge is unable to pick the bird up or observe the bird’s behavior in an online show.

4. Pay attention to lighting and setting. An artist will always ask “What is the light doing to the colors?” Your birds will show better in good lighting rather than a dark corner.

5. Chickens do not naturally pose for pictures! Try to take a lot of pictures and choose the one that best shows your bird. Ideally, you would like to see a relaxed inquisitive bird in the picture rather than a frightened bird chased into a corner.

As always, we wish everyone the best of luck in this online show. We are really looking forward to the great pictures of your birds and the results of the great work that you are doing to support the legbar breed and its varieties!

FINAL NOTE: As noted in the judging section, we will use the current draft Revision 4 of the Cream Legbar SOP as posted on the club website. This revision 4 will be presented in a combined SOP format with the Golden Crele Legbar and White Legbar draft SOPs. We are seeking the APA judge’s and your comments particularly on the Golden Crele Legbar SOP. All legbar varieties use the same shape and physical structure of the male and female, this will be evident as you peruse the draft Combined SOP.

 

[HaplessRunner]

Entries to the Show may be made on our Facebook page or by e-mail to [email protected].

https://www.facebook.com/events/146334235851288/

 

[ChickenGrass]

I would love to enter but I'm in Ireland
So I don think I could
Goodluck to all though,
Fionn.

 

[sol2go]

I would love to enter but I'm in Ireland
So I don think I could
Goodluck to all though,
Fionn.

All are welcome to enter =)
Give it a try, I don't think you have to be a Facebook user, but if you have a problem, send me a pm and I will help you connect to the show.

 

[salsss]

Pics of warmer days...in September, which is just before cold weather up here!

It went down to -20F this week, and -7 forecast for tonight. I had to stop giving the chickens water in the rubber bowl because I was worried about the CL's combs getting wet. They have a 5 gal. bucket with horizontal nipples, and a submerged heater--I believe that is better for them. So far Henry still has his points...because we rushed an oil filled radiator into the coop the other night.

This is my first winter with chickens, and I'm noticing that the CL's (I have 4) are having a harder time in the cold than the EE's or the red sex links. Does anyone else notice this? They just seem less happy. And they perked up a lot when we added the heater--we keep the coop at 30ish degrees overnight, and they seem much better.

Henry still has his points, but winter is just beginning!!

I wasn't going to heat the coop but caved the other night when it was so cold.

 

[Bantambird]

Yes I agree that the legbars are less hardy. My Marans hardly ever face frostbite and are among the first to brave the snow. If I didn't force the turkeys in they would be outside still. I managed to keep my points on the males last year by making a special heated bachelor pen for my cream legbar cocks/cockerels, that switches over to a grow out pen in the spring. This year, I had emergency traveling and was away when the cold hit, so I already lost my cockerels combs this year.