The Legbar Thread!

[Junibutt]

Hi Junibutt, I am not enola nor I am ChicKat, but after having gone over the APA SOP DQ section a bazillion times I can fill you in.

Nutshell is some red in a white eared breed is a deduction not a DQ but all red in a white eared breed is a DQ, and some white in a red eared breed is a DQ.

Fully red ear lobes on a white earlobed breed is a DQ as per the General Disqualifications (pg 32 APA SOP 2010)
All Breeds and Varieties
1. Specimens lacking in breed characteristics

Page 34 ear-lobes
(a) All breeds where red ear-lobe is specified.
1. Positive enamel white ...

How much will they deduct? The general guide under the Cutting for Defects section (pg 32) says " ...Individual breed or variety defects, other than those specified. shall be considered in comparable fashion to other defects, ie, according to the severity of the defect. The minimum cut for any such defect shall be one-fourth (1/4) of one (1) point and not more than the value of the section." So a small amount of red would be 1/4 point and a lot of red would be a max of 2 points (they assign 2 points for shape and 2 for color--pg 39 General Scale of Points) out of a possible 37 points in the color section.

So your guy seems less that ideal but wont be a DQ. My thought is that he is still pretty young and the white will fill in a bit over the rest of the year then it seems like more red comes in again as the rooster ages.

Thanks! that was very informative. Any idea how the genetics of ear-lobe color plays out? Is white recessive or dominant in terms of earlobes? In other words, would breeding him lead to lead to bad phenotype for everyone or just genotype only.

 

[mollybuck]

Hi all! I added some CL to my flock. I have 4 girls and 1 boy. I just took some pictures. They are about 7 weeks old. Thoughts? Thanks!

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[mollybuck]

I can only put 1 in at a time...

 

[mollybuck]

 

[Junibutt]

Nothing to do with Legbars but just wanted to share a wonderful experience I had with my 2 week old Barnevelder chicks this afternoon. I brought them out in the sun today and to my amazement, they literally all laid down for a sun bath within 10-15 seconds of the sunlight hitting them. That was a sight as how these babies have an innate behavior or reflex built in. There was no mama to teach them, no adult chicks to copy, just sunlight and they fell to the ground. lol!

 

[DoubleMM]

I can only put 1 in at a time...

They are wonderful... break-a-leg

 

[HaplessRunner]

Eastern Region Cream Legbar Event - August 4, 2014
August 4th Eastern Region Event—Hosted by Anthony Markley - Regional Director
This will be a live presentation of Cream Legbars that demonstrates the effects and the influences of the ‘Ig’ and ‘ig’ genes upon the physical appearance of the Cream Legbar.
Also shown in this demonstration will be a pair of white “Cream Legbars” which display the effects of recessive white genes.
Location:
Lovettsville Library
12 North Light Street,
Lovettsville, VA 20180
Library Phone numbers: 540-822-5824 Voice 540-822-5998 Fax To contact Anthony Markley directly: [email protected] Phone: 540-822-9043
Date and Time:
Monday, August 4th at 7:30 PM
Directions: http://library.loudoun.gov/Portals/0/pdf/branchdirections.pdf
Note: All attendees are requested to wear clean clothes to avoid transmission of diseases from one chicken flock to another. Attendees will be allowed to look but NOT to touch the chickens shown in this presentation.

 

[hammytammy]

bump!
how have the cream crested legbars done for you?
im dying for blue eggs!!
tammy

 

[ChicKat]

bump!
how have the cream crested legbars done for you?
im dying for blue eggs!!
tammy

Probably you would love Cream Legbars if you want eggs and you were to get your stock from a line that performs well (Lays lots of blue eggs)--- I think it is the C line from Greenfire Farms - one of their first import lines. One of my hens is from that line and each day when I pick up her egg--- I tell her she is a treasure. Her egg size is 1.9 oz and that is just 1/10 oz short of 'large'. I would rather have daily that big....:O)


You should definitely look into this breed.

 

[Newchickey]

Can anyone identify my Cream Legbar?