The Legbar Thread!

[ChicKat]

Those chicks look awesome!!!

X2

 

[longgrove]

Hoping to have a trio by next summer. For now, would like to get a roo (have been caring for mine since he went lame, but after 3 months, still can't stand, tho otherwise healthy). A shame, too as he has feathered out without the yellow in the hackles that so many have and he os a really nice boy, very friendly. Does anyone have an extra roo within driving distance of Bangor, Maine?

 

[Flowerbh]

Hoping to have a trio by next summer. For now, would like to get a roo (have been caring for mine since he went lame, but after 3 months, still can't stand, tho otherwise healthy). A shame, too as he has feathered out without the yellow in the hackles that so many have and he os a really nice boy, very friendly. Does anyone have an extra roo within driving distance of Bangor, Maine?

I had a pullet do what your roo did...lame, couldn't stand, otherwise healthy.....someone said it was something called "Down in the Hocks" and could have been caused by poor nutrition in parent birds that gets transferred to chicks. When they get a certain size, the bone stucture is not healthy enough to support the bird. What do you think?

 

[Flowerbh]

When chicks hatch and you see the boys and girls, do you need to band them or separate them right away? How long can you tell the boys from the girls?

 

[GaryDean26]

No need to band. The colors are different at every phase of maturity.

CJWalden has a photo comparison on the BYC of Cream Legbars. See link

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/cjwaldons-member-page

DarkBrownEggs use to have an outstanding comparison on her webpage too. The links are at the bottom of the following page (scroll to bottom) but I can't get them to work.

Maybe it is my computor and you will have better luck.

http://blue-eggs.co.uk/#/photos/4554699814

They should like to the words:

Click here for photos of Cream Legbar Females from Day Old to Pullet
Click here for photos of Cream Lebar Males from Day Old to Cockerel

 

[KPenley]

Wow, CJ's page is amazing!!!

I'm getting an error message on the blue eggs site too. The regular mixed flock slide show works, but not the age progressions for hens and roosters.

 

[Flowerbh]

Thank you for that link. Will I know the difference on other sex linked chicken? I will be hatching a few sex linked naked necks next month. Do you know if their feathers will always be different?

 

[1muttsfan]

Cream Legbars are not sex-linked, they are autosexing, meaning that they are not produced by a hybred cross but are purebred birds different from the day they hatch.

In sex-linked crosses, black sex-links are differentiated based on barring - the males are barred, the females not. So they can be told apart at any time.

In red sex-link crosses, it is the down color that differentiates the chicks, not sure if the feathers as they get older are different but by the time the down is gone you should be able to see other traits such as larger combs.

Here is an great sex-linked tutorial
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information

 

[texasmomma]

We had two cream legbars hatch this week. Still waiting on a third. It's been moving for 2 days, but it hasn't externally pipped.

 

[KPenley]

Congratulations on your sweet baby cockerals texasmomma! Are those GMDs? I used those with my babies