Rose Comb Legbar Thread

[flyingmonkeypoop]

I took the F1 and bred back to a pure rooster, those are what is laying these. Right now all the rose combed birds are together with a pure single combed hen. Later in the season I want to breed the rose combed hens back to the pure male.

 

[nicalandia]

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what is this Pure rooster you talk about, a Pure Cream Legbar? or Pure Rosecomb?

 

[WHmarans]

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[flyingmonkeypoop]

Quote: Pure legbar. He is from two Line A birds. The pure male has good size which I hope to breed into the rose combed birds

 

[nicalandia]

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Oh Great, I was hoping you do that, to set Homozygosity of blue egg shell using p+/p+ from Legbar instead of p+/p+ from leghorn, this would have not worked, so keep the pullets that have homozygous blue egg shell genes, I see a few eggs that were laid by this type of hen

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

Very Cool project!!!!!!!

Less comb on a Cream Legbar would surely be nice

Too bad you couldn't get them closer to a Breda though with almost no comb and a very cool crest.

 

[jerryse]

Very Cool project!!!!!!!

Less comb on a Cream Legbar would surely be nice

Too bad you couldn't get them closer to a Breda though with almost no comb and a very cool crest.

I have been thinking about the Breda comb myself. I have not pursued the idea. Not yet.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

That would be interesting to see! I used rose comb leghorns to get the comb into the legbars. I figure using the leghorns to bring the comb in was okay because leghorns are one of the foundation breeds. I'd think the crest would be more hatchery polish looking with the breda comb.

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

That would be interesting to see! I used rose comb leghorns to get the comb into the legbars. I figure using the leghorns to bring the comb in was okay because leghorns are one of the foundation breeds. I'd think the crest would be more hatchery polish looking with the breda comb.

I would like hatchery Polish looking Cream Legbars

Hmm...come to think of it isn't the new rees line sorta kinda hatchery Polish looking

me thinks we need to get Breda involved

 

[lazy gardener]

Flying Monkey: I was excited to stumble across your thread. I am also looking at the options of breeding rose comb birds. We're in zone 4, and planning to build a larger coop this summer that will allow me to keep a rooster, so I can dabble with genetics a bit. This spring, I got 3 RCBL, and 3 Dominiques. All were supposed to be pullets, but if my early guessing proves accurate, I have a trio of each breed. The doms are not any thing to brag about, but at least it's a starting point. So, next year, I should be able to breed some BSL from these 2 breeds, as well as straight Doms and RCBL. I also have some EE, one of which lays a beautiful colored egg, and would love to see what comes of her x RCBL. I'm rolling the idea of working on an auto-sexing rose combed breed, starting with the gene pool I have. Sounds like you're ahead of the game, starting with the leg-bar. I'll be following your progress closely!

How do you find the behavior of the RCBL, compared to the more traditional DP birds? (RIR, PBR, Wyandotte)