Cream Legbars

[babymakes6]

These are Crazypetlady's Legbars from Greenfire Farms, as well as 2 hens from CJWaldon. They are in a pen with her Russian Orloffs for the time being. The one that is circled was sent to her as a Legbar day-old cockerel. He had the coloring of a male, but now, at 4-5 months old, looks nothing like a male. Comb is small, shape is more female, but coloring is more male. I will see if I can get her to get a better picture of this bird in the next day or two. It is an odd one!

 

[normanack]

These are Crazypetlady's Legbars from Greenfire Farms, as well as 2 hens from CJWaldon. They are in a pen with her Russian Orloffs for the time being. The one that is circled was sent to her as a Legbar day-old cockerel. He had the coloring of a male, but now, at 4-5 months old, looks nothing like a male. Comb is small, shape is more female, but coloring is more male. I will see if I can get her to get a better picture of this bird in the next day or two. It is an odd one!

You're referring to the silver bird behind the brownish one's head, right?

From the little I understand of genetics, Cream Legbar females cannot have the male's silver coloring because they cannot have two copies of the dilution or inhibitor gene. Please jump in and correct me if I'm wrong. So I'm guessing you have a male.

 

[ChicKat]

You're referring to the silver bird behind the brownish one's head, right?
From the little I understand of genetics, Cream Legbar females cannot have the male's silver coloring because they cannot have two copies of the dilution or inhibitor gene. Please jump in and correct me if I'm wrong. So I'm guessing you have a male.

Definitely keep us posted on this one.....I would also say it looks from the picture like a male. I do however have a female with some white flecks in her feathering...maybe from a certain distance she would look a bit like this..... If I saw this juvenile, I would say a late developing male. --- I guess as always time will tell...a little crowing would help make it definite. ;O) ETA - sounds like the coloring is from male genetics as normanack pointed out.

 

[normanack]

. . .  I do however have a female with some white flecks in her feathering...maybe from a certain distance she would look a bit like this.....

Another thought. Could this be from the mottling or spangling genes?
Is it Curtis who also has a white-spotted female?

 

[GaryDean26]

Another thought. Could this be from the mottling or spangling genes?
Is it Curtis who also has a white-spotted female?

Here is the one that I think has a moulted color gene.


Note: This gene could have come from White Leghorns. The "white" breeds combind the Moulting gene, Dilute (use to create the Blue/Splash colors), barring, ressessive white, and domoinant white to make sure that they get the purest crispest white possible.

 

[normanack]

Here is the one that I think has a moulted color gene.
 

Note:  This gene could have come from White Leghorns.  The "white" breeds combind the Moulting gene, Dilute (use to create the Blue/Splash colors), barring, ressessive white, and domoinant white to make sure that they get the purest crispest white possible.

I'm glad you said moulted, because thatmade me look it up. Really cool stuff!
http://www.chickencolours.com/TollbuntWyanEng.pdf

Anyone have this book?

 

[mstricer]

No I would love to have it but at 125.00, I think it is out of reach for me.

 

[normanack]

No I would love to have it but at 125.00, I think it is out of reach for me.

No kidding! Yeesh!

It seems a natural to be an e-book. Should be a lot cheaper that way, no color printing or manufacturing costs. I hope that's available some day.

 

[normanack]

I found four pale green eggs in the coop this morning.

I have three Easter Eggers, all laying, 26 and 28 weeks old at present.

The only other blue/green egg layers are my two Cream Legbar hens, and they're only 14 weeks old. They still look like junior chickens to me, not fully grown hens, and I have not seen any of the roosters show interest in them.

Although I did a good search last night for eggs, it is possible I missed one. But all 4 eggs were plainly visible this morning in one of the nest boxes. Huh.

What is the earliest age you've had a Cream Legbar lay?

Thanks.

p.s. One of the CL hens was hit by a hawk two days ago, and remarkably did not seem to have any injuries, other than a whole bunch of missing feathers. Perhaps the hawk scared the egg out of her? Kidding. I think.

 

[ChicKat]

I found four pale green eggs in the coop this morning.

I have three Easter Eggers, all laying, 26 and 28 weeks old at present.

The only other blue/green egg layers are my two Cream Legbar hens, and they're only 14 weeks old. They still look like junior chickens to me, not fully grown hens, and I have not seen any of the roosters show interest in them.

Although I did a good search last night for eggs, it is possible I missed one. But all 4 eggs were plainly visible this morning in one of the nest boxes. Huh.

What is the earliest age you've had a Cream Legbar lay?

Thanks.

p.s. One of the CL hens was hit by a hawk two days ago, and remarkably did not seem to have any injuries, other than a whole bunch of missing feathers. Perhaps the hawk scared the egg out of her? Kidding. I think.

I'm thinking all eggs are easter egger eggs, unless there was one that was definitely smaller a 'pullet bullet'. Sometimes, they could fluff around in the nest so that the egg wasn't visable. I had that happen the other day -- just barely saw one through the shavings.

My reasoning is because clbs usually lay around 22 weeks and it's wintery weather now. 14 is really precocious. But then you just never know...At least you know that they are close....

Makes you wish you had a video camera there to know just who was on the nest when....