The Legbar Thread!

[ChicKat]

Oh no, how awful! So sorry Michael!

X2 So very sad to hear it.

 

[enola]

Unfortunately, chickens are so much easier to catch than cottontails. Even I think chicken tastes better than cottontails.....

So sorry FMP

 

[ochochicas]

Unfortunately, chickens are so much easier to catch than cottontails. Even I think chicken tastes better than cottontails.....

So sorry FMP

Isn't that the truth! I had to start locking my chickens up until early afternoon. Now the coyotes are taking my neighbor's ducks.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

I moved them to a better pen for now. I did a count as I was moving them and found another couple bodies. I had 5 males but am left with the worst 2. For females I had 14 legbars but am down to 10, one is unable to use a leg so she may be culled and a couple others have cuts on the backs so I might just be left with 7 usable females. I also lost a pullet from my ambar x marans. I still have Ingrid my original hen and a couple of the best pullets but the males are not ideal. A local guy who got some of my stock last year has a nice looking cockerel available so I plan to get him.

 

[chicken pickin]

I moved them to a better pen for now. I did a count as I was moving them and found another couple bodies. I had 5 males but am left with the worst 2. For females I had 14 legbars but am down to 10, one is unable to use a leg so she may be culled and a couple others have cuts on the backs so I might just be left with 7 usable females. I also lost a pullet from my ambar x marans. I still have Ingrid my original hen and a couple of the best pullets but the males are not ideal. A local guy who got some of my stock last year has a nice looking cockerel available so I plan to get him.

That is good that you have some of your own stock out there available to you. I hope the cockerel works out well for you.

Im sure if you need other sources to increase your Legbar Flock some of us would be willing to help you out. I know I would.

 

[Junibutt]

I have some bad news on the legbar front. Night before last I had coyotes take my main legbar cock and a couple pullets. Last night when I was closing up birds and found a huge owl eating my rose comb cock. My RC cockerel that I planned on using was injured, a couple more pullets were gone, and a hen has a cut on her back. So now I am left with about half of my flock in fair condition. In addition to many other non-chicken issues, this is not turning out to be a good year.

Thats awful. So sorry to hear that!

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

Man...that sucks! I started trying to free-range guineas and now I don't free range my chickens at all. I might try to work out something that is a compromise between free ranging and predator proof confinement but I'll need to have a lot of "extra" chickens before I let them out of my chicken Alcatraz.

 

[enola]

Mine can't free range at all either.

 

[ladycat]

I might try to work out something that is a compromise between free ranging and predator proof confinement

I've more or less accomplished that with my free range flock. They are in a really large weedy area with a 5 foot tall fence and they get locked up at night.

 

[kmollyhughes]

Legbar question! I have a huge flock that free ranges. 60+ birds. All different breeds. Bantam and LF. No aggression problems. Lately I've noticed 2 of my 3 Legbar pullets are being way over bred. I have a good roo/hen ratio, but there are a few girls my younger cockerels are favoring. Has anyone had this experience with their girls? Are they just a super submissive breed for the most part which is making them a target for the young boys to "practice" on? My oldest Legbar hen looks totally fine, the two younger girls (6-7 months) are pretty much bald now and have been pulled to an all girl pen. I have a ton of pullets right now so they aren't the youngest or easiest targets. The cockerels are apparently doing the most damage to the two Legbars, two bantam Faverolles, and a mutt. I've tried hen vests, but most girls can't keep them on longer than a few days. :/