The Legbar Thread!

[flyingmonkeypoop]

I don't know if it was the snow or what, but as I was looking at birds today, I noticed that none of my cockerels have the light gray barring on the breast like my original rooster. The barring isn't black but more of a basalt color.
Anyone else have this issue this year? I am after type first, then color but now it is bugging me a smidge. If only I still had my original rooster...

 

[ChicKat]

@Kathy, APA SOPs don't include down, only fluff/undercoat/etc...but it may be possible to have chicks in our official paintings

Wouldn't that be cool -- although confusing, since there are multi colors of down....(according to my understanding of Punnett)--- The photos that Rinda has on the CreamLegbarClub.com website's photo gallery are nice examples of Chicks... Trouble is, if you only had those two variations, - some folks would wonder about perfectly good autosexing chicks that are popping out. Just a thought.

 

[ChicKat]

I don't know if it was the snow or what, but as I was looking at birds today, I noticed that none of my cockerels have the light gray barring on the breast like my original rooster. The barring isn't black but more of a basalt color.
Anyone else have this issue this year? I am after type first, then color but now it is bugging me a smidge. If only I still had my original rooster...

What color is basalt?

Seems that I am seeing some color variations with the seasons and with the age of the rooster.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

What color is basalt?

Seems that I am seeing some color variations with the seasons and with the age of the rooster.

Sorry for the reference, basalt is a rock that is found everywhere in our area and I figured people would know, but then I realized it must just be a Washington thing. Basalt is a darker, dull grey color for the most part.

 

[dretd]

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I don;t think you would ever be able to get just one color of down in chicks, honestly. Or two in the case of the autosexing breeds.

Take a look at Light Brahmas, for instance. The parent stock is all pretty uniform to my eye, but you can get anything from a light creamy yellow down color to a mostly light silvery-grey with a little creamy yellow appearing on the head and throat. Really a wide range of down coloration (they are silver/columbian based). I think Murray McMurray has videos up of representative chicks from most of their breeds. There is quite a variety of down within many of the breeds and this is normal.

I am thinking that if we are able to get official painting of the chicks--and I do hope we do--it would be lovely to have a basket of chicks with the range of light and dark variations represented so there wouldn't be an implication that there is only one right color.

 

[dretd]

I don't know if it was the snow or what, but as I was looking at birds today, I noticed that none of my cockerels have the light gray barring on the breast like my original rooster. The barring isn't black but more of a basalt color.
Anyone else have this issue this year? I am after type first, then color but now it is bugging me a smidge. If only I still had my original rooster...

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This is very interesting, indeed. Remember that the SOP calls for 'dark grey' barring on the breast and back and just 'grey' on the main tail and 'light grey' on sickle and coverts.

So do you think the basalt colored barring is more in line with the standard than the original lighter grey you had from your original roo? Can you compare the color in the breast to the other named parts and see if it is darker? What do you think? Seems by your description that your birds may be closer to SOP coloration than your original roo. How are the sons' chestnut coloration compared to the original?

 

[KPenley]

Basalt is volcanic rock right? That seems like a great dark gray to me!

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

This is very interesting, indeed. Remember that the SOP calls for 'dark grey' barring on the breast and back and just 'grey' on the main tail and 'light grey' on sickle and coverts.

So do you think the basalt colored barring is more in line with the standard than the original lighter grey you had from your original roo? Can you compare the color in the breast to the other named parts and see if it is darker? What do you think? Seems by your description that your birds may be closer to SOP coloration than your original roo. How are the sons' chestnut coloration compared to the original?

I couldn't remember if it was gray or dark gray for breast color. I think it does make them stand out more than their father. I will have to take my printed standard out with me when I head out to stare at chickens again. The hackle color is about the same as the fathers on a couple (lighter) but on the others, they are light brown with the same shade of breast.

 

[ChicKat]

I don't know if it was the snow or what, but as I was looking at birds today, I noticed that none of my cockerels have the light gray barring on the breast like my original rooster. The barring isn't black but more of a basalt color.
Anyone else have this issue this year? I am after type first, then color but now it is bugging me a smidge. If only I still had my original rooster...

You have snow and we have the 80's what??

So the appearance right now of your rooster is darker than the original rooster? I noticed that the front of the neck seems darker than before and the hackles surrounding make it look even darker on my guy.

Did you notice it when he was walking directly toward you? Snow probably did play a part...... better put up a picture!

 

[Brada Puhi]

Aloha kākou,

Boy did I start something! I would like to amend my definition of cream to yellowish brownish white, but itʻs still white. Just not silver. Know what I mean.

I love the pictures. So hereʻs some of mine:

Aloha, Puhi