The Legbar Thread!

[boykin2010]

Mary, your legbars look so nice. It is so cool to see the legbars you hatched from me. They look so much like my hen I got from Greenfire when she was about that age. Great Crests

I also use a Brinsea to hatch my eggs. I love it. I have had several 100% hatches with it.

 

[Miss Molly]

Mary,
Your legbars are beautiful.... The Pullets look big for nine weeks, healthy.
Let me know how the legbar hatch goes. I would like to try again...
Your pics are alway Amazing. Your new camera really work great.. My little Icelandics are growing nicely. I have such a colorful little flock. Thank again Mary..
Molly

 

[Johnn]

How lucky you are to be able to buy them in a pet store. I had to have mine shipped from one side of the continent to another and prayed that they wouldn't get killed in the process.

yer i know! i was so shocked when i came on this thread and saw how rare they are over your way!, usually our pet shop always has 2 cream legbars, 2 light sussex, blue belles and other breeds like pekins, silkies and ducks

 

[Zgoatlady]

There's a couple of us near you with juveniles who might be able to provide you with a cockerel in the fall when our girls get old enough to lay.

OH thats a great idea if I cant get eggs. Im still looking at the two eggs in the incubator.

 

[boykin2010]

 OH thats a great idea if I cant get eggs. Im still looking at the two eggs in the incubator.

The good thing about the legbars is the auto sexing. Once legbars become popular in your neck of the woods it should be easy to find someone getting rid of some excess cockerels. I know there are three people in my area already who have legbars and will be selling excess roos.

 

[anniesmom]

The Cream Legbars are seven and a half weeks old already. There are a couple SFH x Ameraucanas in the group shot.

 

[Zgoatlady]

So I ck the last two eggs nothing they didn't even start.

yes I did candle them but just didn't really look was hoping.
But it does look like there is a rooster in my area.

 

[ChicKat]

The Cream Legbars are seven and a half weeks old already. There are a couple SFH x Ameraucanas in the group shot.

They are SO pretty!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting their pictures.

 

[Flaming Chicken]

I got Green Fire Farms Newletter yesterday and here is the picture and description of their new Rooster.

Our first generation generally produced large, healthy birds that were prolific egg layers. But, the combs on the roosters were a little too floppy, and some of the birds had a little too much chestnut in their coloration. In the second generation new blood was blended into the flock to address these flaws. But, the second generation birds sometimes lacked a prominent crest and tended to have pale yellow legs. The third generation includes unrelated birds that have prominent crests and bright yellow legs. The roosters from these birds are handsome, muscular chickens, and the hens are very productive and reliable egg producers. You can see a third generation legbar rooster here. Note the prominent crest and bright yellow legs.

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

Nice! I like the big wrinkle in the comb over his beak. He's a handsome guy. So, did the newsletter say they're shipping out birds from this generation this year?

For those of you that already have the legbars to maturity, how are they producing? Good layers? Early or late to start? Big eggs? What's the color been like on eggs?