Texas

[StelleKitten]

Thank you guys for the support. The only thing I'm going to miss is my chickens and Turkeys. Though we are trying to find a way to take one with us. Doubtful but we can hope.

 

[showbarnmom]

Thank you guys for the support. The only thing I'm going to miss is my chickens and Turkeys. Though we are trying to find a way to take one with us. Doubtful but we can hope.

You could totally do a truck chicken. Especially a silkie. A chicken diaper, a kitty littler box, and you're golden.

 

[StelleKitten]

You could totally do a truck chicken. Especially a silkie. A chicken diaper, a kitty littler box, and you're golden.

lol, i would have to get a silkie. I was thinking of using my special chicken, Killer. She is an ideal poultry slw. She's had two heat strokes and survived but i think she lost vision in one eye. She keeps missing where she is supposed to peck. I just put her in a casserole dish with some feed. Then she can't miss.

 

[showbarnmom]

lol, i would have to get a silkie. I was thinking of using my special chicken, Killer. She is an ideal poultry slw. She's had two heat strokes and survived but i think she lost vision in one eye. She keeps missing where she is supposed to peck. I just put her in a casserole dish with some feed. Then she can't miss.

See, perfect!!

 

[GaryDean26]

Oh - Hi GaryDean, my legbar friend! So, where are you located in this grand state?

I am a few miles west of Marble Falls on FM 1980 (which is 45 miles of Austin 80 miles north of San Antonio). We are a mile past the Sweet Berry Farm, and a mile before the Back Bone nursery.

OH wow! Cream Legbars were the first chicken I fell in love with internet wise..sadly I have never seen one in real life..(second was the Favaucana.. no comparison though!) SO beautiful and unique!
I had no idea someone here raises them! I have a dear friend in Marble Falls!

The first chicken I fell in love with were what my dad called Aracana's (they were really EE's). His parent subscribed to the National Geographic and kept all the old issues. He would read back through them and came across an article in the September 1948 issue on Easter Egg chickens. After that he convinced his parents to let him order some from a hatchery. He kept them for 4-H and still has his project book with original photos, cost, production, etc.

As a child I loved going to my grandparents farm and collecting the blue eggs from the "Aracana" blood chickens that are still mixed into their laying flock. When we moved from the city to the country I told my wife I wanted Aracanas. We couldn't find any local breeds so we opted for Marans (I also learned that what I called an Aracana on my grandpa's farm looked nothing like the breed standards for true Aracanas and I wasn't a fan of the strange Ear tuffs or rumplesness). One Marans breeder we met with had her own line of Gold Legbars and gave us a few eggs to hatch. The Gold Variety lays white eggs, but through them we fell in love with the breed and learned about Cream Variety which I was going to try to create from our Gold Legbars to finally have my idea blue egg layer. Before I could do that true Cream Legbars from the UK were imported to the US. The first time they became available in Texas we forked out the cash and got our foundation stock. We have now have 3 generation of Cream Legbars on the Property and have really enjoyed them.

This is me with one of our first cockerels.

 

[GaryDean26]

**Double Post**

 

[janes flock]

I have 11 RIR and 3 white leghorns and 2 gold sex links. My rooster is a huge RIR named captain jack.

 

[familypendragon]

LOL! Another Legbar lover/owner here I am in the DFW area. I just got my Legbar chicks from my friend Treva who got their parents from Greenfire Farms. I can't wait till next year when they start laying!

 

[showbarnmom]

I am a few miles west of Marble Falls on FM 1980 (which is 45 miles of Austin 80 miles north of San Antonio). We are a mile past the Sweet Berry Farm, and a mile before the Back Bone nursery. The first chicken I fell in love with were what my dad called Aracana's (they were really EE's). His parent subscribed to the National Geographic and kept all the old issues. He would read back through them and came across an article in the September 1948 issue on Easter Egg chickens. After that he convinced his parents to let him order some from a hatchery. He kept them for 4-H and still has his project book with original photos, cost, production, etc. As a child I loved going to my grandparents farm and collecting the blue eggs from the "Aracana" blood chickens that are still mixed into their laying flock. When we moved from the city to the country I told my wife I wanted Aracanas. We couldn't find any local breeds so we opted for Marans (I also learned that what I called an Aracana on my grandpa's farm looked nothing like the breed standards for true Aracanas and I wasn't a fan of the strange Ear tuffs or rumplesness). One Marans breeder we met with had her own line of Gold Legbars and gave us a few eggs to hatch. The Gold Variety lays white eggs, but through them we fell in love with the breed and learned about Cream Variety which I was going to try to create from our Gold Legbars to finally have my idea blue egg layer. Before I could do that true Cream Legbars from the UK were imported to the US. The first time they became available in Texas we forked out the cash and got our foundation stock. We have now have 3 generation of Cream Legbars on the Property and have really enjoyed them. This is me with one of our first cockerels.

You are so close! I think I emailed you a while back. I *will* be getting legbars once I have a more secure brooder. I love them for their egg color.

 

[Cockle-Dood]

That comb is MASSIVE! Nice boy though! i cant wait until i can get a breeding program together! Test hatching a batch of quail, first time incubating so we will see what happens!