The Legbar Thread!

[nicalandia]

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.

pics please

 

[ChicKat]

I think she is beautiful. Great job!

x2 Thanks for posting the picture....and look at that snow! Congratulations on your success.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Sorry let me try again here's the link: http://www.onlineauctioncolorchart.com/

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

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!

Rinda

I am running a few lines now. I have the rose combed birds, the pure legbars, and am also working on a more show leghorn looking bird with a better tail/flow to the body. In a couple years I plan to cross the rose comb production type line with the better bodied birds and select from there.

 

[KPenley]

The babies are getting big. We're finishing a bigger coop this weekend so that they can start moving outside! Their favorite hang out:

 

[nicalandia]

you would think this guy is either a golden rooster or a cream rooster.. but guess what? he is not, he is the Main Sire of my "Isolating Champagne Blonde" breeding program. the Champagne blonde gene is like the cream gene, except its a dominant gene and when two copies of the gene are pressent you have a blond like pheomelanin tone

here he is, maybe one day I´ll use the Cb(Champagne blonde) gene to make a Cream legbar look a like

 

[Miss Molly]

White Cream Legbars

A shot of a Variety of colors of Cream Legbars chicks...

A few of the darker ones..

My darkest Boy!

Some more cuteness ....

 

[KPenley]

So squishably cute! Thanks for the beautiful pics Miss Molly!

 

[Miss Molly]

The babies are getting big. We're finishing a bigger coop this weekend so that they can start moving outside! Their favorite hang out:

They grow so fast...very sweet!

 

[1muttsfan]

Are the whites still autosexing?

Maybe one of the genetics folks could give a little tutorial on chick down color,pictures included would be so helpful. I would like to id chicks right from the beginning, and would prefer to keep only males that have the appropriate markings