Rose Comb Legbar Thread

[flyingmonkeypoop]

That is the route I thought about at first but a rock instead of dominique, then we had the ameraucana male that we used instead. Then I scrapped the whole project once I got the real legbars.
The rose combed leghorns I got from McMurray are more high strung than any white leghorn I have dealtwith.

 

[nicalandia]

The rose combed leghorns I got from McMurray are more high strung than any white leghorn I have dealtwith.

are they more productive than white leghorns?

 

[enola]

I have brown leghorns. They lay an average of 6 eggs a week.
So almost as well. My white leghorns lay every day for months at a time. Both of them require artificial light to get them to lay through the winter their second year.

 

[lazy gardener]

Thanks Flying Monkey. I took individual chicks out of the brooder for a bit of fresh ground time. Most of the chicks did the bewildered stand in one spot, then start cheeping loudly and wandering aimlessly, looking for flock mates. Not so the RCBL. The minute her feet hit the ground, she took off on the run, in no particular direction, screaming at the top of her lungs!... so we'll see if they mellow out a bit. Where did you get your stock from? I have a dozen different directions I can head with a breeding program. I may just play around for a year or 2 with the stock I have, then invest in some nice quality hatching eggs for a breeding program. An other bird I was thinking of playing with for an auto sexing mix was Buckeye x Ameraucana. (or at least a sex-link)

Can you easily tell the difference between male and female RCBLchicks at hatch, or within the first week? One of mine has a band of white spots showing up in the wings. I think the white of that one's chipmunk stripes was also brighter. The other 2 have much more muted coloring in their feathers and stripe.

 

[nicalandia]

An other bird I was thinking of playing with for an auto sexing mix was Buckeye x Ameraucana. (or at least a sex-link)

Breeding for Autosexing Buckeyes would be the same as re-creating the Rhodebar which is not very difficult, but not as easy as re-creating the Welbars

 

[lazy gardener]

I'm thinking there would be a comb advantage in the Buckeye pea comb, and the Buckeyes I've seen have a nice dark mahogany color.

 

[nicalandia]

I'm thinking there would be a comb advantage in the Buckeye pea comb, and the Buckeyes I've seen have a nice dark mahogany color.

yes

 

[WHmarans]

yes

Auto sexing buckeye would be interesting. What color do they lay? The color of rhodebar hens was never too appealing to me I wonder if the buckeye version would be better.

 

[nicalandia]

Quote:
the the Whole "Autosexing Buckeye" or BuckBar project is just that, a breeding project nobody has been willing to take, I woul guess that since you would have to start from scratch I would guess they would look better than the GFF stock we see..

 

[lazy gardener]

Buckeye lays a brown egg. Any one know if a barred Ameraucana has been developed yet? Thoughts on what a pea x rosecomb would end up being? I'm not at all fond of RIR, but think that the Buckeye might have a better personality. I hear that they are wonderful mousers.