Id love to see pics of you legbar. do they lay the blue eggs. I have a salmon faverolle roo and he's pretty but I think I'm going to re home him to get either a maran, Americana and I thought about the legbar too. I want to do a egg color project.
Setting Eggs 12/28 - Hatching Buddies? Hatch-Along
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I just put all of my eggs into lockdown. I did a final candle, and saw all seven moving.
I'm so excited for this hatch. My gut feeling is that they'll all pop out black, meaning they're half FBCM and half Cream Legbar. I'm sure hoping I'm wrong- I'd love for all of them to be purebred legbar, but I'm not so sure my legbar roo is the dominant roo anymore.
Good luck!!! I'm excited too. And who knows, roos can be sneaky when the dominant roo isn't watching, maybe you'll get some pure legbars in there.
I had a close call last night, I dithered for a while about setting up the other incubator as a hatcher, because I have some eggs that have already reached target weight, and others that are lagging behind. So I pulled it out, set it up, got it running for a few hours to equalize at a higher lockdown humidity. I figured I'd weigh the eggs every day between now and day 21 (Friday night for me) and move over each one as it comes into target weight range. I ALMOST moved over the 3-4 eggs that are ready for it, but then decided I ought to let it run at least overnight and leave the max/min thermometer in there, and check it in the morning before I put eggs in. Well, idiot me, I had plugged it into one of the outlets linked to the wall switch, so when I left the room and turned the switch off (to turn the lights off), it turned the hatcher off, too. All night. When I got up, the temp inside was 65. Derf! SO glad I hadn't moved any eggs over yet. Everyone was still safe in the main incubator. And yeah, I know they probably would have survived, eggs are more resilient than you think, especially this late in incubation. But still, I would have been so worried that I'd hurt the little guys by being stupid, so it's a big whew this morning. I'll move the eggs over once the hatcher has stabilized again, and then make the hubby check on it for me all day while I'm at work. Heh!
Oh my gosh, DraigAther! I'm glad you hadn't moved them over to the hatcher, either. i know they're strong and resilient, but we may as well not make it a challenge, right?
Yes, legbars lay blue eggs, which is definitely cool, but what I like is they're auto sexing- the girls pop out with chipmunk stripes and the boys have a white spot on the heads. My legbar rooster WAS the head honcho, but I think the french black copper marans usurped him. I had a friend hatch a bunch of my eggs a couple weeks ago, and all of the eggs that hatched looked to be half fbcm. Not too long to wait now. I'll take a picture of my legbar hen after I get my son's lunch fixed.
Yes, legbars lay blue eggs, which is definitely cool, but what I like is they're auto sexing- the girls pop out with chipmunk stripes and the boys have a white spot on the heads. My legbar rooster WAS the head honcho, but I think the french black copper marans usurped him. I had a friend hatch a bunch of my eggs a couple weeks ago, and all of the eggs that hatched looked to be half fbcm. Not too long to wait now. I'll take a picture of my legbar hen after I get my son's lunch fixed.
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The state tester came by today, everyone passed and we are now NPIP certified for 2013! 
Woohoo! Congrats on getting your 2013 certification! Out of curiosity, what did they look at when you were getting the inspection?
Ok, here is my cream legbar. My cream legbar rooster is right in back of her and is a white variety. I know that sounds crazy and like I was had, but it's a weird recessive gene. There's actually a couple BYCers who are breeding towards that. Yes, I know his comb is a mess- his tips have always been a bit purple, even during summer, so I was worried about how he'd fare this winter. My coop is well ventilated, and I keep a light out there that gives SOME heat. I'm afraid that he's going to lose some of it. We've had sub zero temperatures here lately. I feel so bad for him. On the upside, everyone else's combs look great.
Ok, here is my cream legbar. My cream legbar rooster is right in back of her and is a white variety. I know that sounds crazy and like I was had, but it's a weird recessive gene. There's actually a couple BYCers who are breeding towards that. Yes, I know his comb is a mess- his tips have always been a bit purple, even during summer, so I was worried about how he'd fare this winter. My coop is well ventilated, and I keep a light out there that gives SOME heat. I'm afraid that he's going to lose some of it. We've had sub zero temperatures here lately. I feel so bad for him. On the upside, everyone else's combs look great.
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Aren't they handsome!!! Nice photo, Sphinx!
NPIP testing varies a bit from state to state, but it involves them testing some or all of your birds for pullorum and avian flu and possibly some other things. They come to you, draw a small amount of blood from underneath a wing of each bird, and when they come back negative the bird gets a leg band and you get paperwork saying you're NPIP tested. It's good for one year, but nullified if you bring any non-NPIP birds into your flock. At least, that's what I was told for the state of NH. You'd have to contact your own state's Dept of Ag for more details, but there's a website with the contact info for every state. Mine was even easier to do because there's grant money still available for the testing so it was free for me! Let me find the link for you ... ah here it is:
Official State Agencies of the National Poultry Improvement Plan
NPIP testing varies a bit from state to state, but it involves them testing some or all of your birds for pullorum and avian flu and possibly some other things. They come to you, draw a small amount of blood from underneath a wing of each bird, and when they come back negative the bird gets a leg band and you get paperwork saying you're NPIP tested. It's good for one year, but nullified if you bring any non-NPIP birds into your flock. At least, that's what I was told for the state of NH. You'd have to contact your own state's Dept of Ag for more details, but there's a website with the contact info for every state. Mine was even easier to do because there's grant money still available for the testing so it was free for me! Let me find the link for you ... ah here it is:
Official State Agencies of the National Poultry Improvement Plan
Was it purple just in the winter, or summer too? My boy's comb had purple tips even in the heat of summer. I've heard that's anything from the altitude to a heart condition to just a big comb. Here's a picture I took of him over the summer. So, this was probably taken in 80+ degree weather, and his tips still look iffy. I was really worried about how he'd fare when winter came if the circulation wasn't that great.
I'm trying to decide if I should do the NPIP testing. I don't really sell many hatching eggs, my "operation" is really small. But, if I could get the testing done for free, it'd be kind of fun.
No his wasn't purple in the heat and his is half that size. I think the height of the comb was the major contributing factor during the summer. Blood can only fight gravity for so long when it's that far from the heart.
I would be worried about infection and necrosis if the tissue is really bad and doesn't fall off by itself. I'd also do a warm massage to see if there's any chance of the tissue coming back.
I would be worried about infection and necrosis if the tissue is really bad and doesn't fall off by itself. I'd also do a warm massage to see if there's any chance of the tissue coming back.
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oh they are pretty! thanks for the pics. I'm realizing how impatient I really am... I keep checking the eggs. :0/
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