The Legbar Thread!

[Flaming Chicken]

Who's up for a Florida road trip? Just to go and look at them. Seriously, I would not hang out at the gate and beg for a chick, any chick, any breed. Nope, I have too much dignity to do that. (Heh.)

They are in Quarantine for a month so we have time to plan a welcome home party!!!

 

[HaplessRunner]

Just read on the FB breeders page. Jill Reese shipped 2 days ago to New York for GreenFires 2014 breeding program!

Where can you find that page? Any links?

 

[Flaming Chicken]

Where can you find that page? Any links?

Check your PM

 

[Papa Brooder]

Hey there, haven't been on here in a while, but wanted to get some input from you guys. I have received a message from someone who acquired a pullet from someone who hatched eggs of mine. The owner of the pullet says she is laying a tinted (light brown/creme) egg instead of blue or even green. She sent me a picture of the pullet and it looks pure. My question is is this possible genetically? Could there be a pure cream legbar laying a tinted (light brown/creme) colored egg? If there was a rogue roo involved, could the offspring still lay that color egg? I will try to post the egg pic and hen pic a bit later but wanted to hear from some of you who understand the genetics of egg color. Thanks so much! Also, there are probably literally hundreds and hundreds of laying hens and pullets from my stock and have never had a report like this so it's not a "problem" that has frequently come up. I am still trying to confirm that there is NO other possible explanation for a different hen or pullet laying that egg or someone sneaking into the pen to lay egg. I have asked her to isolate the pullet in it's own crate to confirm she is laying the egg.

 

[normanack]

Papa Brooder, you are not alone.

My hen Jett lays a pale brown egg. Although I really like a lot about her (except the gold), I'm not breeding her. Actually, I did set several of her eggs before I realized those eggs were hers. I've sold the resulting pullets (which, though gold, were pretty good) to a person who doesn't care a lick about what breed they are. I did ask them to let me know what color eggs they lay.

My thoughts are that the gene responsible for brown eggs is one of several (lack of cream, lack of crest, white coloration) that arrived hidden in a few of the very first imports. All breeds, to my knowledge, have some off genes in the pool. I bet a geneticist could tell you how to breed it out if you really like the hen.

 

[GaryDean26]

Papa Brooder,

Good question.

Yes it is possibly, but Normanack and you are the only ones that have claimed to see this so far. The blue egg gene is dominant just like the cresting gene is so in the same way you could get a non-crested hen from a pair that both have cresting gene [Cr] and one non-cresting gene [cr], [Cr/cr] x [Cr/cr] = [cr/cr] you could also end up with pairs that are split for the blue egg gene [O] and the lack of the blue egg gene [o], to producing white egg offspring, [O/o] x [O/o] = [o/o]

http://scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/07/08/gms2-breeding-for-blue-eggs/

I recommend reading the above resource to see how this blue egg gene is passed and how to test mate for it. Until you have your breeders proved out, the problem will grow. Best to get thing fix at the beginning. I have only test mated one of my three cockerels. I am waiting for those dang 25 week old pullets from the test mate to start laying. If they all lay blue eggs then I will know my cockerel is complete for the blue egg gene [O/O], if I get any blue eggs from the cross, I will know that he is no good as a breeder and that I now have to test mate all of his offspring before moving that breeding line foreword.

 

[GaryDean26]

P.S. I can't wait to travel out to Wine Country in 2-1/2 weeks. That was my home for two years and I will be going back to run the Napa Valley Ultra Ragnar Relay with my brother and four cousins. I will be thinking of all our Legbar fanciers out that way as I run through many of your home towns over the 200+ mile course from San Francisco to Calistoga, California.

 

[Flowers of Abba]

P.S.  I can't wait to travel out to Wine Country in 2-1/2 weeks.  That was my home for two years and I will be going back to run the Napa Valley Ultra Ragnar Relay with my brother and four cousins.  I will be thinking of all our Legbar fanciers out that way as I run through many of your home towns over the 200+ mile course from San Francisco to Calistoga, California.

Perhaps you will be bringing dozens of eggs? Lol a business/ vacation...

 

[lawatt]

P.S. I can't wait to travel out to Wine Country in 2-1/2 weeks. That was my home for two years and I will be going back to run the Napa Valley Ultra Ragnar Relay with my brother and four cousins. I will be thinking of all our Legbar fanciers out that way as I run through many of your home towns over the 200+ mile course from San Francisco to Calistoga, California.

give a shout if you have some extra time & are in/near Sonoma County, i don't have all that many CLs but would be happy to meet you!

 

[GaryDean26]

I would love to meet people and bring hatching eggs. My wife gives me a hard time because almost every major trip we take involves stopping to see someone with Cream Legbars. This trip will be a tight schedual which is the only reason I didn't suggested some meet-ups myself a few months ago.

I will be flying from Texas to the Bay area after work on Thurday getting into my cousin's home at about 11:30 PM that night. Then we have to be up and to the starting line an hour from his home by 6:30 the next morning We rotating the baton through our 6 person team all day on Friday, through the night, and then all day Saturday. Our predicted finish time is about 5:00 PM on Saturday and I fly back to Texas Early on Sunday morning. At least I will get to see my team. Some of my cousins (who are spread out from Sacramento to San Jose) I haven't seen in about 2 years. My parent are travling out from Dallas to drive the team van and I have a friend from Tulsa that will be one of our team volunteers too.