Stella's Social Club

[drumstick diva]

Sir Lanceolot are you sure they are hens- maybe they are older than you think

 

[sirlancealot]

I was told they were 2yrs old but I'm not sure i was going to give them another month to see if they will lay but i was checking to see if i should get rid of them or are they done laying

 

[Hangtown Farms]

sorry about the GFF egg issue

 

[lonnyandrinda]

I made a strenuous argument to the then forming cream leg bar club that we should work with what we have and not adopt the English standard ( but them I loves me a floppy comb) with the limited genes we have we should be broadening not cutting down the diversity.

I didn't get any replies however. I bet they will have to change the standard and we will have upset people all around

Choosing a standard is not about personal preference or popularity... before we set the proposed Cream Legbar standard we did extensive research looking for original sources of information about the breed to be sure we were selecting what the breed was meant to be, not necessarily what they are breeding towards in Europe (which is too light in my opinion- they want males that are almost silver-looking). You can read the standard and the extensive history in the latest club newsletter: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n5bg1z0ao8549bd/CLC Newsletter volume 1 number 3 final.pdf

And given the short amount of time people have been working with the breed I am very pleasantly surprised at how quickly those who are selecting for improvement are seeing good changes in their stock. I don't expect us to need to change the proposed standard at least not by much more than a tweaking here and there.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Mary - love the video! Looks like you have a couple boys that may end up with mottled chests.

sirlancealot - it's the time of year for molting.

 

[The Sheriff]

I have 3 chickens that are 2 to 3yrs old I've had them for 2months they haven't laid eggs yet should i keep waiting to see if they lay eggs i dont know what to do

They also may have been older than you thought whenyou got them and they are passed laying age or they don't lay well in the heat.

 

[ronott1]

I made a strenuous argument to the then forming cream leg bar club that we should work with what we have and not adopt the English standard ( but them I loves me a floppy comb) with the limited genes we have we should be broadening not cutting down the diversity.

I didn't get any replies however. I bet they will have to change the standard and we will have upset people all around

Luckily I am posting this here so I should not get slammed too much....

Why not go back to the records on how the Cream Legbars were made and figure out what was messed up. Breed back to the sources that are missing or compromised. There should be a working group of Breeders doing this and every couple of years they can share chicks or hatching eggs from each persons best efforts.

That corrects to whatever standard is used and keeps genetic vigor going. It will take a lot of work, but my suspicion is that the CLs are not that good any where in the world currently. A lot of breeds are like that now. It seems like a lot was lost in WWII.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Luckily I am posting this here so I should not get slammed too much....

Why not go back to the records on how the Cream Legbars were made and figure out what was messed up. Breed back to the sources that are missing or compromised. There should be a working group of Breeders doing this and every couple of years they can share chicks or hatching eggs from each persons best efforts.

That corrects to whatever standard is used and keeps genetic vigor going. It will take a lot of work, but my suspicion is that the CLs are not that good any where in the world currently. A lot of breeds are like that now. It seems like a lot was lost in WWII.

You got it Ron. That's what the club is trying to do.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I was told they were 2yrs old but I'm not sure i was going to give them another month to see if they will lay but i was checking to see if i should get rid of them or are they done laying

When hens go to a new home they can quit laying for awhile...also are they molting? They will quit laying sometimes when they molt.

 

[sirlancealot]

They were molting a little im not sure if it is common for them to not lay for 2months should i keep waiting or get rid of them