The Legbar Thread!

[omaeve]

i want an incubator are you telling me I have to give up eating if i get one?

 

[cjwaldon]

You'll give up eating eggs. You'll be hatching them instead. And THEN you'll give up eating so that you can feed your 200 chickens.

 

[omaeve]

You'll give up eating eggs. You'll be hatching them instead. And THEN you'll give up eating so that you can feed your 200 chickens.

GREAT! NOW YOU GOT ME LOOKING UP WAYS TO RAISE CHICKENS FOR FREE. LET THEM FORAGE, SO I CAN HAVE MORE AND MORE AND MORE...jeeze..did i mention i only live on 1 and 1/2 acres 1.5ac = 65340ft² now hmmm how many chickens can I hatch

 

[Phage]

I would say both boys. My girls at that age had no comb at all. The boys mature a lot quicker then the girls do.

Thanks everyone who commented on the sex of the 2 white legbars.
Guess they are 2 boys then.

 

[Phage]

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I checked ebay, a bunch have sold in the past 1-2 weeks for between $26 and $30 for 6+ eggs but the price really varies.

 

[Phage]

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Doesn't Gabbard farms have in the region of 50 different breeds of chicken?
I would go for stock from folk who is specializing in improving this or just a few breeds.

 

[madamwlf]

Doesn't Gabbard farms have in the region of 50 different breeds of chicken?
I would go for stock from folk who is specializing in improving this or just a few breeds.

Yup, pretty sure it's something like that. I won't buy from them again.

 

[CibolaChooks]

Steen,

I saved two pullets from your hatch. One light and one dark from the banded (B1) side of the hatch. You got the rest of the chicks from that hatch. I went out yesterday to see if I could tell which was the light and which was the dark and I couldn't tell any more. That was the first time I spent much time looking at them this week and I was suprised how much they had changed. The crests jumped out this week. I also have two pullets and a cockerel from our first hatch that are 2 weeks older than yours as well as nine (9) chicks in the brooder that hatched on Tuesday.

Yes, I have been very happy with the results so far. I plan to hatch another 2 dozen eggs and that may be it for a while since one hen stopped laying and I found the other one broody yesterday. This is her 2nd time. Hmmm... should I break her again or just put eggs under her and pack up the incubator for a couple months. What to do? What to do?

I can still tell the difference between the light one and the dark ones. Like you said all the crest have been jumping out this week. And on the light colored girl the top of her head is still really light and only the crest feathers are black. she has a nice thin black streak of crest. the other girls have their tops of their head almost black looking with the crest basically the same color. The cream color started to come out allot in their cape area this week too. .

 

[GaryDean26]

Thanks! I will check again and see if I can tell which one is which.

 

[Flaming Chicken]

I checked ebay, a bunch have sold in the past 1-2 weeks for between $26 and $30 for 6+ eggs but the price really varies.

I think it is Ebay that is driving down the cost of eggs.