The Legbar Thread!

[nicalandia]

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well thanks.... but is that link of the website of the UK. are those her birds too?

 

[ChicKat]

Quote: Oh sorry, yep, I think that blueeggs site is a different person in the UK.
Here's Jill's site link:
http://www.jillscreamlegbars.co.uk/#

 

[ChicKat]

Quote: There are so many variables in lighting, photo capture and reproduction, software, processing and monitors that we really cannot tell if the color is more taupe than perfection. Remember however that for all its attention color is only 30% or so of the points awarded to a bird.

ETA correction:
color is 20% in the UK:
Scale of points: Type 30 Colour 20 Head 20 Legs 10 Condition 10 Weight 10

 

[Flaming Chicken]

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I wonder if GFF are getting Birds from Jill Rees and a new wave of people will be getting them.... The next question is: if you were one of the first in to have the colorful birds GFF were breeding back in the day.. would you keep Jill Rees line separately from the colorful birds? would you allow them to breed together? doing so will improve GFF colorful line but will be a set back to Jill rees line........ I would devise a breeding plan on how to improve the more popular(or larger breeding base) coloful birds with Jill Rees line..... OR.... Start from Scratch and just beed Jill rees line?.... what would you do?

I am planning to take the best of my current flock, which includes Jordan farm, Rinda, GF 2013 and hopefully Curtis and crossbreed to the GF 2014. Better genetic diversity to develop my own line. I have some 2013 GF chicks growing out. They are still about 50% gold. I am probably going to keep the obvious cream to breed to my current flock and sell the gold. They are very nice with large crests, nice body type but gold.

 

[nicalandia]

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Oh man I would love to get my hands on such gold birds for my Silver Creasted Legbar Project....

 

[HaplessRunner]

I just went over to Jill Rees' site for which the link was posted above. If you check out the gallery for pictures, I find three of them very interesting. While these three pictures could have been affected by lighting, etc., these three pictures seem to show hens/pullets that have the cream gene but are expressing a very, very slight gold tinge in the hackles (this could easily be my bad eyes or monitor effects) and certainly gold in the crests.

These pictures are:

• Second Row, first two pictures from the left.
• Fifth Row (last row), fourth picture from the left

I agree with ChicCat, either Jill is incredibly petite or that is one incredibly huge cream legbar hen in her arms.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

Well it looks like legbars will not be showing The hen has some broken feathers and the cockerel has broken tail feathers. All the other birds are fine, just not mine. Well, guess there's always next year....

 

[HaplessRunner]

Well it looks like legbars will not be showing The hen has some broken feathers and the cockerel has broken tail feathers. All the other birds are fine, just not mine. Well, guess there's always next year....

Sorry, FMP. I know this is disappointing. Since my birds have access to pastured free range, this will be a problem for me as well.

 

[ChicKat]

Was thinking of that exact same thing in a way. To show a bird you would have to keep it on ice. (Not literally) but keep it from any way to get messed up before a show. Last weekend was the Dallas County Fair. Some 4H kids had some Cream Legbars in the fair. I would love to know how they did...but MY chickens jumped into molt with both feet - and they are looking pretty scroungy right now. It's funny a feather will look out of place on my CL or turn upside down and look really ridiculous like one of her tail feathers did -- and then fall out right before my very eyes before I can get the camera.

It seems that timing for the birds maturity at the time of the show, and even lighting to prevent the onset of molt would be some of the planning things that a person would have to do for a showing.

 

[dretd]

Was thinking of that exact same thing in a way.  To show a bird you would have to keep it on ice.  (Not literally) but keep it from any way to get messed up before a show.  Last weekend was the Dallas County Fair.  Some 4H kids had some Cream Legbars in the fair.  I would love to know how they did...but MY chickens jumped into molt with both feet - and they are looking pretty scroungy right now.  It's funny a feather will look out of place on my CL or turn upside down and look really ridiculous like one of her tail feathers did -- and then fall out  right before my very eyes before I can get the camera.  

It seems that timing for the birds maturity at the time of the show, and even lighting to prevent the onset of molt would be some of the planning things that a person would have to do for a showing. 

And don't forget the pedicures: http://www.poultryshowcentral.com/Show-Prep.html