JMO - This is one reason I am not a fan of the white sports - It defeats the auto-sexing nature. Also I free range my guys a bit so that's really not a great color out there in the fields when we have a good amount of hawks, coyotes and fisher cats. Plus...I have to admit while I can appreciate a beautiful white chicken I just don't care for the color in my chickens, and I don't care for how dingy or dirty it looks and gets. I got the legbars partially because I think the color is very attractive.
Still no whites here and I hope to keep it so.I think I may line-breed my fbirds if nothing shows up just to try to ensure I don't have them pop up in my flock, but since my husband may limit me to 3 roosters and I want to keep 3 breeds I may have occasion to add a rooster unless I keep a few juvies through the winter....did not think about that until typing it at this moment. Has anyone figured out what pen A (1), B (2) or C (3) they may be coming out of? When Jenny emailed me about my birds she used letter terms but I know some use numbers. Just curious if there has been any correlation of white offspring to birds from a certain pen.
I know some of you love them so no offense is meant in ANY WAY by what I am saying as I feel you should breed what you want to breed. I am no fan of the "your bird has "blank" so you should not breed it' because of SOP or what ever reason though I understand why some say so. They are essentially only chickens and I would like to keep my flock the way I choose to. I am just hoping to avoid the whites. - JMO
I agree. I'm not a fan of any solid colored chicken and white is the worst. I already have way too many white based SFHs (freezer camp is calling). That may be terrific on snow in Sweden but in green, brown, and gray western WA - not so much. It's way too easy for a bald eagle to pick off. Part of the charm to me of the Legbars is the coloring. The boys are gorgeous and my girls so pretty and all look a bit different. I got chicks from all three lines from GF and I totally liked how easy it was to tell the boys from the girls immediately. My Legbars also have nice temperaments. They aren't quite as friendly as the SFHs but way better than the shy little Isbars.
I understand some of them don't lay blue eggs. They can lay green or even olive. I probably will only keep the blue egg layers in the breeding flock. Hope I get some.
Mine are 18 weeks today. The boys are mature and I've got big fat combs and wattles on some of the girls already. Time to switch to layer food, I think. They seem very happy in our nice cool NW weather.
