Because he doesn't really have much of a crest and he is basically just barred. I might have kept him if he had even some faint blonde in his saddle or hackle but it is just the gray and white barring everywhere.
4. no neurological problems....unless you count chicks wanting to perch your head
FABULOUS job, and fabulous records. So Lily lays bigger eggs than Robin and the color is less saturated..and THAT aligns with some reasearch that kind of says they need to spread the amount of pigment out in a bigger egg shell and it will be lighter....(kind of like the less frequent the more the color --type of theory) Thanks for posting.Well....here are the first year laying records of two Cream Legbar Hens in the U.S.
Lilly's actual egg color of egg laid this week were an oac81. The egg size of actual eggs laid this week were 68 grams. Her record for single yolk eggs was 73 grams and 81 grams for double yolk eggs.
Robin's actual egg color of eggs laid this week were an oac123. The egg size of actual eggs laid this week were 54 grams. Her largest eggs were not recorded, but I know I saw some eggs from her around 60 grams. Note: Color saturation and shell texture of her eggs was much better than that of Lilly.
Love that story and your amazing duck. -- I think that the second picture looks like a 'old masters' because of the golden lighting. You should enter it in the Cream Legbar Club Cutest Chick contest which BTW closes on the 30th of JUNE...if you aren't a club member -- joining is easy. ;O)So I have some Greenfire related chicks (parents from Greenfire) and hatched some them eggs from Flaming Chicken.
They needed a mommy so I gave Martha Muscovy. She hatched out one duckling and her box was next to the brooder.
She heard the chicks and made a fuss. So I gave them to her. She also got 5 Wheaten Marans young chicks and a month old
Wheaten Maran chick. She took all of them and is one proud mama!
My pixs are horrible as it was using my iPhone in the barn stall.
You will see in front of her the older chick. Under her tail are the Legbars.
She is well know for being a mean momma! I have bruises on my legs to prove it.
Last year, she raised her 8 ducklings in the barn stall. I had raised some turkey and put them in
the stall at two months old. She adopted them. Plus a bunch of chicks from the incubator.
It was wild as the turkeys got bigger than her and would try to go underneath her and lift her up in the air.
And you would see ducks, chickens and turkeys all followed her in one long procession
She shows no mercy and will attack the Livestock Guardian Dogs.
She is the fifth generation born on the farm.
Chicks under her tail. They all took to her as soon as she was put in the cage.
Some jumped on her back and went to sleep. She is an awesome duck!
It was so cute when I put her in....she called softy to the chick and they all ran to her...she inspected
all of them and they went under her or on top of her.....then she turned to me and gave me a long hiss!
Yes, the first is the day they laid their first pullet egg. The 2nd egg is supposed to tell me when to stop counting, but if you look closely you will see that on Lilly's chart I counted the X instead of stopping so she should have only got credit for 164 eggs.
