Okay, here is the reply I got from GFF about the chicks:
We have now hatched hundreds of legbars, and many of our customeraes are also hatching third generation legbars. Even so, we have not seen the color pattern your bird is producing in chick. Mutations are not uncommon. As you may know, we hatched the first cuckoo Sussex on our farm and then (unfortunately) sold the chick not realizing at the time the significance of the mutation. It was a mutation from pure silver Sussex parents.
If you’d like a replacement hen you can return the hen that is throwing these chicks, and I’d be happy to send you a replacement legbar pullet for free. If you don’t want a replacement, please let me know what the chicks look like as adults. It would be pretty cool if you’ve stumbled onto a line of gold cream legbars.
There were no gold legbars in the imported lines. There are a few in the UK but my understanding is that they do not lay a blue egg. I’ve never seen one in person. You never know about these things, and genetics can be tricky. But I suspect you have a bird with a color mutation. We have seen a great deal of uniformity in the color of the chicks; now many hundreds of times over. Your chicks are a real departure from anything we’ve seen. Should be interesting to see the results when they’re adults.
We have now hatched hundreds of legbars, and many of our customeraes are also hatching third generation legbars. Even so, we have not seen the color pattern your bird is producing in chick. Mutations are not uncommon. As you may know, we hatched the first cuckoo Sussex on our farm and then (unfortunately) sold the chick not realizing at the time the significance of the mutation. It was a mutation from pure silver Sussex parents.
If you’d like a replacement hen you can return the hen that is throwing these chicks, and I’d be happy to send you a replacement legbar pullet for free. If you don’t want a replacement, please let me know what the chicks look like as adults. It would be pretty cool if you’ve stumbled onto a line of gold cream legbars.
There were no gold legbars in the imported lines. There are a few in the UK but my understanding is that they do not lay a blue egg. I’ve never seen one in person. You never know about these things, and genetics can be tricky. But I suspect you have a bird with a color mutation. We have seen a great deal of uniformity in the color of the chicks; now many hundreds of times over. Your chicks are a real departure from anything we’ve seen. Should be interesting to see the results when they’re adults.
