The Legbar Thread!

[Flaming Chicken]

These are great pictures! Thanks for sharing. What cute crests on both of them .

Here are my two:

My niece is holding them. I just cannot get a good picture. They came from High Vew Farm in the Texas Hill country,and Samantha there got them from GFF. They are so adorable, they trill when you talk to them in the morning....and the little cockerel was trying to crow at 2-months old. They were hatched on Jan. 9th.

 

[GaryDean26]

Hi all I wish Greenfire Farm was more forthcoming on the bloodlines too. One of people I have been networking got a Juvinile pairs last fall (that stated laying a few months ago) . When I told her I got day-old cockereles with with yellow and red foot bands and pullets with green lime green foot bands she contacted greenfire and they told her that the her juvinile pair was from the original flock which corrolates to the lime-green bad (I am not 100% sold on this). I put my investigation skills together and tried to figure out how the other two bloodlines related to the information that I had from greenfire (since they didn't bother to ever reply to any of my inquiries for information on the bloodlines).

All I can say is that the yellow line cockerels have golden chick down, a square body type, crooked combs (likely will be large points), are quite a bit larger than the the red blood line cockerels, and have been getting chestnut color in a few weeks earler than the red bloodline. I would guess they are going to look a lot like the greenfire foundation cockerel (see http://greenfirefarms.com/store/category/chickens/cream-legbar/ , He is the photo at the top of the page).

The red line has black chick down a staight combs (likly will be small points), are much smaller that the yellow bloodline, have a tall up-right body type that are typical of egg only breeds (the square body type is common for dual purpose breeds). I am quessing this is the 2nd greenfire flock that consists of a pullet from the first flock covered by a 2nd imported cock for an different source in the UK (see http://greenfirefarms.com/2011/11/cream-legbars-a-greenfire-case-study/)

I also have some F1 cockerels that were from hatching eggs from a man in Kentucky. The darkest cockerel look like the red line, but the lightest one didn't get anywhere close to the golden color of the yellow line. They were a brownish color, with black patches which I am sure if the color for two bloodlines overlaping each other. I have photos of all my cockerels on the Yahoo Cream Legbar Breeders group (see http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CreamLegbarBreeders/). They are under the "files" since I couldn't figure out how to post a PDF as a photo. And point out the differences in color between the mix line chicks from hatching eggs and the lines directly from greenfire farm.

I only have very limited information and 10 weeks of observation as my birds have grown. I would love to hear what other information people have been able to get (either from greenfire or personal observation) on the bloodlines.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

My birds weren't banded but when I asked, they said the cockerel was from line A and pullets from line C. The cockerel is smaller than the pullets, the pullet with the largest crest is the largest overall and almost double the size of the cockerel. The pullets are heavier and more like a dual purpose bird while the cockerel is more dainty and fine boned.

 

[madamwlf]

I just recently got some Legbar Hen chicks from GFF. My original birds are from the green line but the new chicks have yellow, red and blue leg bands. I haven't heard anyone mention getting blue leg band chicks.

 

[Lady Chickadee]

I have a Cream Legbar chick pair that I got from daisyjack. They are very friendly. The boy is in the back and the girl is in the front, laying down.

 

[Flaming Chicken]

Hi Gary,

Thanks for posting this. I thought it was really interesting and informative. I brought up the pictures side by side of the 2 GFF roosters and they really are quite different. It will be fun to see what characteristics mine will develope as they grow.

Hi all I wish Greenfire Farm was more forthcoming on the bloodlines too. One of people I have been networking got a Juvinile pairs last fall (that stated laying a few months ago) . When I told her I got day-old cockereles with with yellow and red foot bands and pullets with green lime green foot bands she contacted greenfire and they told her that the her juvinile pair was from the original flock which corrolates to the lime-green bad (I am not 100% sold on this). I put my investigation skills together and tried to figure out how the other two bloodlines related to the information that I had from greenfire (since they didn't bother to ever reply to any of my inquiries for information on the bloodlines). All I can say is that the yellow line cockerels have golden chick down, a square body type, crooked combs (likely will be large points), are quite a bit larger than the the red blood line cockerels, and have been getting chestnut color in a few weeks earler than the red bloodline. I would guess they are going to look a lot like the greenfire foundation cockerel (see http://greenfirefarms.com/store/category/chickens/cream-legbar/ , He is the photo at the top of the page). The red line has black chick down a staight combs (likly will be small points), are much smaller that the yellow bloodline, have a tall up-right body type that are typical of egg only breeds (the square body type is common for dual purpose breeds). I am quessing this is the 2nd greenfire flock that consists of a pullet from the first flock covered by a 2nd imported cock for an different source in the UK (see http://greenfirefarms.com/2011/11/cream-legbars-a-greenfire-case-study/) I also have some F1 cockerels that were from hatching eggs from a man in Kentucky. The darkest cockerel look like the red line, but the lightest one didn't get anywhere close to the golden color of the yellow line. They were a brownish color, with black patches which I am sure if the color for two bloodlines overlaping each other. I have photos of all my cockerels on the Yahoo Cream Legbar Breeders group (see http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CreamLegbarBreeders/). They are under the "files" since I couldn't figure out how to post a PDF as a photo. And point out the differences in color between the mix line chicks from hatching eggs and the lines directly from greenfire farm. I only have very limited information and 10 weeks of observation as my birds have grown. I would love to hear what other information people have been able to get (either from greenfire or personal observation) on the bloodlines.

 

[Flaming Chicken]

And mine are the opposite. The cockerels are larger than the pullets. I don't know what lines they are from but it will be fun to see how they develope.

My birds weren't banded but when I asked, they said the cockerel was from line A and pullets from line C. The cockerel is smaller than the pullets, the pullet with the largest crest is the largest overall and almost double the size of the cockerel. The pullets are heavier and more like a dual purpose bird while the cockerel is more dainty and fine boned.

 

[ChicKat]

Thank you cflaming. I think so too. They have cute little 'voices' too. they will 'trill' when they are happy. It is the most unusual sound.

If you go to post 34 on this thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/603454/cream-legbar-pictures/30#post_8540235

and click on the My coop by cjwalden, you will see fabulous pictures of CLB's by month. So it is a really good way to see how mine compare to those...besides being fabulous birds, they are fabulous pictures. :O)

 

[redchicken9]

Hi, all. I've followed the conversation for a bit now, but slow to jump in. My girls are red banded; boys blue banded from Greenfire Farms. I'm not certain that means much. I've since re-banded them as individuals. They're about a week old in the pics. I'd like to work toward the U.K. standards and towards a nice blue egg. I'm trying to keep track of personality as well. Later, I'll outcross them (Welsummer X, Wyandotte X) for green eggs. Since I've never worked on breeding a breed, can anyone suggest a good basic book for genetics or theory? Thanks many times over.
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[anniesmom]

Cute babies!!!
What is the easiest way to remove the bands without hurting the chicks? Tiny little scissors?