Isbar thread

[ChicKat]

Hi!

I recently got a splash isbar pullet...I hope... Got her and a Wheaten ameraucana together. Just wondering is she looks like a girl! Didn't realize how small she will be! very curious birds and she trills which was a first for me!

My Legbars trill -- when they are happy babies. Maybe she inherited that trait from her Legbar ancestors. Pretty chick!

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

Hi!

I recently got a splash isbar pullet...I hope... Got her and a Wheaten ameraucana together. Just wondering is she looks like a girl! Didn't realize how small she will be! very curious birds and she trills which was a first for me!

at 2 weeks old with her buddy!




at 4 weeks.

Hope I'm wrong but that comb is getting prominent...

 

[KelsT]

Hope I'm wrong but that comb is getting prominent...

uhoh ..
Yeah i was afraid keeping my fingers crossed

 

[soldier]

I was thinking about getting some Isbars from Greenfire Farms. I would like to know how big they get and how big is the average egg they lay. Are they good layers or do they go broody most the time?

Thanks!

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

I was thinking about getting some Isbars from Greenfire Farms. I would like to know how big they get and how big is the average egg they lay. Are they good layers or do they go broody most the time?

Thanks!

Isbars are a smaller LF that lay loads of large green eggs. They are very feed efficient and good foragers without being flighty like some other layer breeds. It takes a while for the pullets to get from the medium size to the large eggs though. I'd steer you away from the GFF 2nd import though. Some funky things are showing up in those birds IMO.

 

[KelsT]

Ok pullet or roo? this little isbar is ~5 weeks old

 

[cressrb]

Ihilani, What kind of things are showing up? I may have some from the second batch from Greenfire. I got mine in March.

Do you sell hatching eggs? Also, do you have Rhodebars now?

 

[morgan85]

So I'm pretty sure this is a rooster but opinions are nice to have...

 

[TheTropix]

Go ahead and get REAL sure!! LOL He's a very pretty boy, too!

 

[KYTinpusher]

Ok pullet or roo? this little isbar is ~5 weeks old

This one is looking like a very handsome cockerel. Love the dark eyes!

Ihilani, What kind of things are showing up? I may have some from the second batch from Greenfire. I got mine in March.

Do you sell hatching eggs? Also, do you have Rhodebars now?

Feathered legs, coppery hackles (should be silver or gold), small pea-like combs and very small or no wattles, light eyes, larger body-type, just to name a few.

So I'm pretty sure this is a rooster but opinions are nice to have...

A very handsome boy you have there.