The Legbar Thread!

[Dirt Farmer]

Yes chickat I have two roosters, one is a wimp. The other is the one that attacked the goose.

I think whenever I've kept two roosters in the same pen, one is dominant and the other submissive. Once when I got rid of an overly aggressive dominate rooster, his pen mate rooster "man'ed up" quickly. Prior to that I called him the cowardly rooster because he wouldn't even stay in line of sight of the other. I've heard of roosters sharing duty, but in my small confines that hasn't happened.

 

[RyeRanch]

My more assertive rooster had an unfortunate run in with a coyote. (the coyote won). It will be interesting to see if the other one "mans up" or stays more docile. So far he seems about the same. I have been watching him run away from crows flying overhead today. I can only presume he thinks they are hawks. He is definitely not the brightest thing on two legs.

The less assertive rooster was always the one who seemed to be more friendly with the ladies. We named him Frisky because of his apparent social skills. The two roosters would spar and fluff up at each other every once in a while, but both seemed to mate with the hens regularly. Though, they did have a lot of space.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

I know a few of you don't care about my rose combed legbar project but some do so figured I'd post an update. My girls all turned 6 months old yesterday and I got an egg out of them. It is a nice clean blue color compared to the green eggs my line C hen lays. My line C hen also didn't lay until well after 8 months old so this is a big improvement. As soon as the snow melts some, all of the pullets will go in with a legbar rooster and produce all rose combed legbar chicks with better egg color and much better cold hardiness (the rose combed ladies are kept in an outdoor coop with protection from wind but nothing else, we've been getting below 0 at nights too) so it looks like my own personal legbar project is well on its way.

 

[KPenley]

I know a few of you don't care about my rose combed legbar project but some do so figured I'd post an update. My girls all turned 6 months old yesterday and I got an egg out of them. It is a nice clean blue color compared to the green eggs my line C hen lays. My line C hen also didn't lay until well after 8 months old so this is a big improvement. As soon as the snow melts some, all of the pullets will go in with a legbar rooster and produce all rose combed legbar chicks with better egg color and much better cold hardiness (the rose combed ladies are kept in an outdoor coop with protection from wind but nothing else, we've been getting below 0 at nights too) so it looks like my own personal legbar project is well on its way.

Congratulations on your progress! Have you colored these new eggs with the online color chart yet?

 

[1muttsfan]

Maybe there are those who are not interested, but I am Very interested in your project. Large combs are one of my concerns here since the winters can be so harsh. Do you have your project posted somewhere that I could look at? Would love to see what you have done and pics of your birds if you have them - Mary

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

I have not compared the color yet to the chart, could someone please post a link for me?

Here are a couple pics I took a few days back of one of the pullets.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

Keep in mind, the pullets are considered pure as far as breeding goes since when bred to a legbar rooster, they will throw all pure chicks but they are still a mix as of right now. I have noticed that the crest effects the shape of the rose comb, just like on silkies and some of the land races out there that are rose comb crested

 

[lonnyandrinda]

It's an interesting project that's for sure. That is a very pretty pullet! I can't remember, are you running two Cream Legbar lines, one with the rosecomb and one with the standard single comb? Post a picture we wanna see that egg color!

This is the Online Auction Color Chart she is referring to, I think. It has been mentioned as a great tool for people across the country to accurately compare eggshell and feather colors. I believe there was a cheaper place to order them (ebay maybe?) but this shows you want we are talking about.

Rinda

 

[1muttsfan]

Rinda, I can't get that link to work

 

[Miss Molly]

I think she is beautiful. Great job!