The Legbar Thread!

[madamwlf]

Thanks!! The individual was using the British standards and thought green eggs was just fine from a Legbar hen. I have one hen that lays a green egg, the rest lay a beautiful blue egg.

 

[GaryDean26]

It has been a while since we have heard from you and your flock. We hope you will post more and are looking for the 7 month old photo of you Cream Cockerel.

Did you decide to work on the White Legbars, or did you stick with just the colored birds?

 

[dretd]

Thanks!! The individual was using the British standards and thought green eggs was just fine from a Legbar hen. I have one hen that lays a green egg, the rest lay a beautiful blue egg.

Hi madamwlf. As others have commented, he looks like a keeper. I personally do like a little chestnut but this fella of yours is more of a rarity and highly desirable, especially if you have a lot of gold girls in your flock!

I am confused about your statement regarding green eggs. Did I miss a comment from before?

It was my understanding that except for a few British vs American terminology differences the American standard is pretty much a replication of the British standard with the exception of the removal of Olive Egg color from the standard. Unless something has changed recently, I think that blue and green are both there. The problem is that one man's blue is another man's turquoise is another man's seafoam green. I have received hatching eggs from 3 different breeders and I personally would describe all of the eggs as green or bluish green. None would I call a straight-up blue.

If you are using the OAC or Ameraucana color charts, I am wondering where your eggs are on the charts?

Good luck with your boy--I am sure many are very jealous of you right now!

 

[madamwlf]

It has been a while since we have heard from you and your flock. We hope you will post more and are looking for the 7 month old photo of you Cream Cockerel.

Did you decide to work on the White Legbars, or did you stick with just the colored birds?

I decided I just don't have the pen space for the White Legbars. I do have 3 white Legbar hens growing out but no rooster for them. I'll be getting a few more pictures including the hen that lays the green eggs.

 

[madamwlf]

Hi madamwlf. As others have commented, he looks like a keeper. I personally do like a little chestnut but this fella of yours is more of a rarity and highly desirable, especially if you have a lot of gold girls in your flock!

I am confused about your statement regarding green eggs. Did I miss a comment from before?

It was my understanding that except for a few British vs American terminology differences the American standard is pretty much a replication of the British standard with the exception of the removal of Olive Egg color from the standard. Unless something has changed recently, I think that blue and green are both there. The problem is that one man's blue is another man's turquoise is another man's seafoam green. I have received hatching eggs from 3 different breeders and I personally would describe all of the eggs as green or bluish green. None would I call a straight-up blue.

If you are using the OAC or Ameraucana color charts, I am wondering where your eggs are on the charts?

Good luck with your boy--I am sure many are very jealous of you right now!

I've always read that blue eggs are desirable, not green. And the eggs from the new Legbars are definitely blue. I was surprised when I got the first one just how blue it was.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

I think while blue is the generally accepted goal, green are allowed, too. But again blue and green are a bit muddled together and everyone sees them a little differently so they are hard to separate, more of a sliding scale from one to the other if you will!

 

[madamwlf]

Not the best of pictures but here he is with his girls. His tail does sit a bit too high so I'm hoping one of the hens will throw me a nice rooster. The 3rd picture shows the hen that lays the green egg. I'm still doubting whether she is pure or not. Unfortunately the back of his comb is pushed to the side due to the crest he has.

 

[KPenley]

I can see why you're doubting hen number 3. If she is pure, she just got the poor draw of the gene pool

Your boy has gorgeous coloring. For mates I would look for girls with long backs, small to medium crests (will help with the comb turn thing), and the straightest combs you can find. If any of your girls have a lower tail angle, while still having a nice full tail with proper spread, it will help the angle drastically too! I'd say within a generation or two you are going to have some amazing show worthy birds!

 

[1muttsfan]

I agree with the above posters, he is nicely colored if you prefer the very light colored birds, and he has good body substance. His tail is indeed too high, a problem I am seeing in some of my hens. The pullet certainly has questionable color, and like some others I prefer a blue egg to a green one - she would go into my layer flock or move on to another home.

 

[dretd]

I think while blue is the generally accepted goal, green are allowed, too. But again blue and green are a bit muddled together and everyone sees them a little differently so they are hard to separate, more of a sliding scale from one to the other if you will!

In reading the standard, I honestly do not interpret it that blue is more desirable than green. It doesn't say egg color: blue, green is acceptable does it? I thought it said egg color: blue or green. Please correct me if I am wrong.

In my mind this is one of those things that people have a personal preference for and whomever is breeding a lot and advocating well for their lines will have some influence in the mental image of the Cream Legbar ideal. IMHO I think egg color is pretty much blue or green--no wording leaving the impression one is better than the other. I can see the color where it says some 'chestnut is acceptable' leads to the conclusion that while it is acceptable it is not as desirable as lacking chestnut.

Regarding the muddling of the color--not only is the definition of blue or green open for interpretation, but the color an individual hen produces will vary through the season--or I seem to recall some variation on the same egg