The Legbar Thread!

[pmeadows]

Our Cream Legbar Jenny came from Meyer Hatchery and is now about 6 wks old. We LOVE her!! We laugh over how it looks like she has a mohawk and although she is small she has a big personality. So smart - she already responds when called to. We can't wait until she starts to lay the blue eggs.

 

[DCchicken]

Thanks @ChicKat. I actually need to get outside and update all of my chicken photos. I just need the rain to stop to do that.

 

[KPenley]

Our Cream Legbar Jenny came from Meyer Hatchery and is now about 6 wks old. We LOVE her!! We laugh over how it looks like she has a mohawk and although she is small she has a big personality. So smart - she already responds when called to. We can't wait until she starts to lay the blue eggs.

Congratulations and welcome to BYC!

 

[ChicKat]

Our Cream Legbar Jenny came from Meyer Hatchery and is now about 6 wks old. We LOVE her!! We laugh over how it looks like she has a mohawk and although she is small she has a big personality. So smart - she already responds when called to. We can't wait until she starts to lay the blue eggs.

HooRay for you and for Jenny - and x2 the welcome from KPenley---and pmeadows....when you have gotten 10 posts or 15 posts under your belt---then show us pictures of Jenny --

I love love love chickens with a personality

...it makes chicken keeping so much more fun!

 

[madamwlf]

Does anyone know anything about GFF's "D" line?

 

[KPenley]

Does anyone know anything about GFF's "D" line?

Is that the 2013 one?

 

[GaryDean26]

Is that the 2013 one?

And they posted the same photo for the "D" line cockerel as they did in 2012 for the "C" line cockerel. So I would assume that the "D" line were pullets they breed from their imported stock breed back to the "C" line imported cockbird to create a new breeding group that they believed would throw more Cream than the original flocks did.

 

[kmollyhughes]

Our little Legbar, Roadie. She looks like a roadrunner so the name stuck. Love her. She lays in an almost empty shavings bag and we don't have the heart to take away her little hideaway.

 

[Junibutt]

Here are some example eyeliner pics.

Boy:


Girl:




I picked the picture of the boy with a light gray down as that is the hardest to sex to demonstrate. The disruption of the eyeliner is caused by barring (either single of double barred). Boys are doubled barred and hence the fuzziness on the back and eyeliner. It also causes a dot on the head. However, some pullets can also have the dot but it must be small. If you learn to sex by eyeliner, you can apply it to other autosexing breeds such as Bielefelders. Take a look below at the tub of Bielefelders. Guess which ones are the boys? I hope this helps.

What if the eyeliner is disrupted but the chipmunk stripes are sharp? I have 2 pullets, 5 weeks old now, only reason I am able to differentiate between the two is that one did not have a clear eyeliner. I am 99.99% sure its a pullet though. I will post some pics when I get a chance.

 

[DCchicken]

What if the eyeliner is disrupted but the chipmunk stripes are sharp? I have 2 pullets, 5 weeks old now, only reason I am able to differentiate between the two is that one did not have a clear eyeliner. I am 99.99% sure its a pullet though. I will post some pics when I get a chance.

By 5 weeks should be able to tell by feather color. I will try to find some wing feather pics to demonstrate.