The Legbar Thread!

[KPenley]

My oldest CL hen is 3, so I can't speak beyond that age, but she still lays 5-6 eggs a week during the sunny months. She does take a winter 2 month break though.
My 2 cents: I would be very careful integrating them. First quarantine for a minimum of 30 days. Then introduce with a cage or some other barrier they can see the other birds through, but not be able to get through, for 1-2 weeks. Then put them in the roost at night when it is dark.

Best wishes and let us know what you decide! And pic please!

 

[otakalhasas]

Great! Thanks for info and the advice! I'll let you know how it goes!!!

 

[Red Banks]

My babies....

 

[Red Banks]

One of my boys at 1 week and 4 weeks.

 

[otakalhasas]

One of my boys at 1 week and 4 weeks.

How precious! Boy, that spot goes away fast, doesn't it??? I notice you don't use bands (shoot, I have never even kept a collar on my dogs unless they were being shown and that was just a Resco show lead), how do you tell them apart now? Size, comb, stature?

 

[Red Banks]

How precious! Boy, that spot goes away fast, doesn't it??? I notice you don't use bands (shoot, I have never even kept a collar on my dogs unless they were being shown and that was just a Resco show lead), how do you tell them apart now? Size, comb, stature?

Didn't keep collars on my dogs either. They would be lost on the bouviers.

It is impossible with the girls..... I will wait till I know them better but I had 3 cockerels. All three were very different and I can still tell them apart. One was very yellow looking (middle size), one medium colored (smallest) and this one was my darkest (largest chick). When they were small the spot stuck out like a beacon. Now they are colored so different from the pullets your attention is drawn to them. I love this breed. Each breed is fun. My Marans can be so sweet and brave.... especially when food is involved. My Ameraucanas are so chatty. The legbars are so confident, curious and outgoing. They don't run the other way. I put my arm in the little pen to grab the water and they fly up and land on my arm. They are different than any other chicks I have raised. They flew practically from day one. They are so pretty.... even with their little mohawks. Do I sound smitten? I really like them.

 

[ChicKat]

Hre is an internet quote:

Sex-linked dilution BSd Females that are hemizygous for BSd (having one BSd gene) have light blue and barred plumage as do the heterozygous males, however, homozygous males show a dosage effect and are essentially white. These homozygous males resemble dominant whites but differ in that they are epistatic to pheomelanin while dominant white is not.​

.http://sellers.kippenjungle.nl/page3.html

It made me wonder if the ultra light CLs could have some dilution going on via their barring gene. It also made me wonder if there could be some tie in with the white CL when the person writes that 'homozygous males show a dosage effect and are essentially white. ---

for those who love the nitty-gritty of the genetics -- an avenue you could delve into if you wished.
:O)

 

[ChicKat]

How precious! Boy, that spot goes away fast, doesn't it??? I notice you don't use bands (shoot, I have never even kept a collar on my dogs unless they were being shown and that was just a Resco show lead), how do you tell them apart now? Size, comb, stature?

Agreed -- nice photo and cute chick.

 

[GaryDean26]

Hre is an internet quote:

Sex-linked dilution BSd Females that are hemizygous for BSd (having one BSd gene) have light blue and barred plumage as do the heterozygous males, however, homozygous males show a dosage effect and are essentially white. These homozygous males resemble dominant whites but differ in that they are epistatic to pheomelanin while dominant white is not.​

.http://sellers.kippenjungle.nl/page3.html

It made me wonder if the ultra light CLs could have some dilution going on via their barring gene. It also made me wonder if there could be some tie in with the white CL when the person writes that 'homozygous males show a dosage effect and are essentially white. ---

for those who love the nitty-gritty of the genetics -- an avenue you could delve into if you wished.
:O)

The B^sd baring makes the males nearly white. Below is a California Grey cockerel with the B^sd gene. They are supposed to have white cockerel and barred females. This cockerel still has a lit of color so I am not sure if it is correct for the breed (and the B^sd)



I haven't got any reliable genetic information from the Norwegian Jaerhon breeders but think that the light variety imay be built on the B^sd (?). At any rate the group below show a cockerel that I think would fit the B^sd description. The female look like dark Jearhon (i.e. not B^sd)




Here are some varified B^sd birds

This is a pullet and the breeder said that the B^sd is what is causing 50% of the tail feather to be white. The breeder said that the base is always white with this barring but the tips are darker.



Here is the cockerel from the same breeder as the pullet above. The B^sd is compared to the splash in a double barred B^sd cockerel.

 

[Skylercarr]

Does anyone have any cream legbars for sale near harford county Maryland? I would like two hens and one rooster.