The Legbar Thread!

[ChicKat]

It is shipping within the UK, and you have to pay £15 shipping if you pick them up! Weird. Is that how they do things in the UK?

That seems to be the way that particular eBay seller does it.

 

[chicken pickin]

It wouldn't be legal to ship eggs to the USA from there actually. Our original questioner Johnn lives in UK.

Also, it would take a l o n g time to ship from there...and they would have to go through customs, climates etc.

Oh -- I just had a hatch on the 30th. Of the 7 eggs that were set, only 5 hatched (all 7 were developing on day 5 so I know that they were all fertile). The ones that didn't hatch were the oldest of the 7. (I think that with the cold weather and a power outage, I was very lucky to get 5 - the room was drafty and there was actually condensation on the inside of the incubator. ) But if eggs from here were weaked and older, just imagine a trans-Atlantic Journey.

Congrats on the hatch! Don't forget to post some pics

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

I agree not a very good comb, and his barring is quite light and his wings are low. Otherwise I like him. They are in the UK, and to me the male looks like possibly from the Rees line, or is similar to the Rees line. My Rees male looks extremely similar. Combs can be worked on so at some point during breeding so a not straight comb wouldn't be a deal breaker for me.

I can see being able to work with less than perfect stock...but not at those prices! For that kind of money I'd expect show quality. You'd think if anything CL in the UK would be cheaper!

 

[chicken pickin]

I can see being able to work with less than perfect stock...but not at those prices! For that kind of money I'd expect show quality. You'd think if anything CL in the UK would be cheaper!

I agree.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

anyone have rees line breeding age yet?

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

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anyone have rees line breeding age yet?

I don't but the lady that I bought eggs from off of eBay (6 of my 7 pullets) got some and said that she'd be selling eggs this next summer. The eggs that I got from her were very fertile and a good deal so if I got some I'd definitely buy from her. I still have her contact info somewhere. She lives near Knoxville, TN.

 

[ochochicas]

Earlier I posted about low hatching rates in my legbars. I've been cracking open a lot of egg lately to examine the yolks. My non-legbar egg yolks are thick and heavy. You can handle them quite a bit and they keep their shape. The legbar eggs are runny and not at all stable. Most of them break with very little effort. Most of the time I can't even find the bullseye on them and they are already running all over the plate.

Do you think the egg yolk consistency has anything to do with the hatch rate? Several people have incubated eggs for me and the hatch rate has been 0 - 20%. The legbars are housed with all my other birds and are on the same diet. My non-legbar eggs have a 100% hatch rate. Just trying to figure out the problem with the hens before I have to cull them. The eggs that develop all die between days 11 and 18.

 

[enola]

Earlier I posted about low hatching rates in my legbars.  I've been cracking open a lot of egg lately to examine the yolks.  My non-legbar egg yolks are thick and heavy.  You can handle them quite a bit and they keep their shape.  The legbar eggs are runny and not at all stable. Most of them break with very little effort.  Most of the time I can't even find the bullseye on them and they are already running all over the plate.

Do you think the egg yolk consistency has anything to do with the hatch rate?  Several people have incubated eggs for me and the hatch rate has been 0 - 20%.  The legbars are housed with all my other birds and are on the same diet.  My non-legbar eggs have a 100% hatch rate.  Just trying to figure out the problem with the hens before I have to cull them.  The eggs that develop all die between days 11 and 18.

You are having the same problems that I had. I incubated every egg that my original CL hen laid. Not a single egg hatched. 90% of them were fertile, maybe 10% made it to lock down, NONE of them pipped or hatched.

How important is Vitamin D to chickens?????

 

[ochochicas]

You are having the same problems that I had. I incubated every egg that my original CL hen laid. Not a single egg hatched. 90% of them were fertile, maybe 10% made it to lock down, NONE of them pipped or hatched.

What did you do? Did you keep trying, or move on to a different breed?

 

[KPenley]

You are having the same problems that I had. I incubated every egg that my original CL hen laid. Not a single egg hatched. 90% of them were fertile, maybe 10% made it to lock down, NONE of them pipped or hatched.

How important is Vitamin D to chickens?????

Extremely important. Vitamin D deficient chicks often fail to turn to proper positions to breathe, therefore drowning at around 17-18 days. So sorry about your chicks