San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

[RyeRanch]

MUST be the Ams.....those little hellions!!!  

That is hilarious to hear, I feel like I am just "drinking the Kool-Aid" when I make statements about how fabulous the Legbars are. It is good to have some outside confirmation. I would love to see pictures of all the little chicks. I have a few that are coming in with some great crests.

Also, you will be glad to hear that the Legbars are quite prolific layers. They are exceeding my expectations as the daylight hours get longer. I got 23 beautiful blue eggs from 4 hens last week. I am truly in love.

 

[WFF]

I just got my first Creme Legbar eggs this week.

They went right into the incubator. I've been waiting for months for these blue eggs.

 

[RyeRanch]

Congrats on the eggs!

Don't be discouraged if you get a low hatch rate on the first Pullet eggs. I know my first hatches were about 50% or so. That was after they had been laying for about 6 weeks. It quickly got better from there.

Fingers crossed on the hatch!

 

[UrbanMamaHen]

I got some cream legbar eggs about two weeks ago too. They were smaller than I expected. I thought they are supposed to be large blue eggs. These were medium sized at best.

 

[Phage]

I got some cream legbar eggs about two weeks ago too. They were smaller than I expected. I thought they are supposed to be large blue eggs. These were medium sized at best.

They start out not huge but rapidly become a very decent size.
I have some in the bator too. San diego is going to be legbar city!!


Edited to say that line "A" birds lay really well. Less sure that "B" and "C" do.

 

[UrbanMamaHen]

How can we tell which line the birds are from? As for the B and C lines, how well do they lay compared to the A line?

 

[perchie.girl]

I got some cream legbar eggs about two weeks ago too. They were smaller than I expected. I thought they are supposed to be large blue eggs. These were medium sized at best.

Like Phage said. First eggs are small as the chicken gets older the eggs become larger.

You should have seen my pullet eggs last year from my Wellsummers .... about the size of a Bantam egg. Now they are pretty dang large.

deb

 

[Phage]

How can we tell which line the birds are from? As for the B and C lines, how well do they lay compared to the A line?

From my limited knowledge I understand that:
A line are more the production line of lots of large pretty blue eggs. The hens and roosters can have very floppy /twisted combs and large crests.
B line lower egg production, smaller bluer eggs. Straight comb, More often better coloring (cream color not gold)
Not much clue about C line, but I understood they were meant to conform better to the UK SOP for cream legbars.

I think most of my hens and the current roo are A line with a couple of B. Not really sure about my growing out roo. He does have great color and a straight comb.

I just put a bunch of eggs in the bator and was not able to put 7 in a row (like with most eggs) because they were too huge!

 

[UrbanMamaHen]

The eggs I got must be from line B, or are pullet eggs then. They are pretty small. And the color isn't the sky blue the CLs are known for either. I didn't know that CLs have different lines, and that the production, size, and color are all dependent on the line. I think I'd prefer the A line as I like the larger eggs.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Anyone interested in a quad (1 male 3 females) of really nice white purebred ameraucanas? They are laying like crazy!