The Legbar Thread!

[debs_flock]

Quote: I bought a batch of uncommon chicks from a well known breeder. I just moved them yesterday to a new pen. I had spotted several side sprigs in the group, but was able to look closely when moving them. Out of the ten, there were three cockerels and one pullet (very tiny sprig) that had side sprigs. The boys were huge and on a couple, both sides. Actually kind of cool looking, but a total DQ. The four will all go to the freezer grow out pen and now I will have to be diligent in that breed. If it's too bad in the next generation, I may have to attempt to start over, but they are hard to find....

I did find another source, so I'm going to get a second line going.

Deb

 

[ronott1]

Quote: I bought a batch of uncommon chicks from a well known breeder. I just moved them yesterday to a new pen. I had spotted several side sprigs in the group, but was able to look closely when moving them. Out of the ten, there were three cockerels and one pullet (very tiny sprig) that had side sprigs. The boys were huge and on a couple, both sides. Actually kind of cool looking, but a total DQ. The four will all go to the freezer grow out pen and now I will have to be diligent in that breed. If it's too bad in the next generation, I may have to attempt to start over, but they are hard to find....

I did find another source, so I'm going to get a second line going.

Deb

Later we can share some of our good ones?

Ron from Woodland, CA.

 

[jamesbwood]

Can you sex these puff balls? As you can see, 3 are white cream legbars and 3 are normal (2 males and one female in the middle?). They are 3 days old, 6 of 7 eggs hatched.

 

[debs_flock]

Do you wonder if Cream Legbars go broody?

Meet my 4 and a half month old Cream Legbar girl. She is brooding two Cream Legbars babies I put in with them when they were 3 days old. You can see one of her babies peeking out at the bottom of this picture.



The little white roo is an Icelandic. Here is a picture I took with my camera on some weird setting. I kinda like it. It's artsy.

Mary, I had the same thing happen with one of my Isbar chicks. One of the splashes needed to spend a couple of days in a hobble to straighten out the right leg. So I moved her into the indoor brooder in the room with my incubators. The only other inhabitants were two tiny serama chicks. They were one week younger and about 1/8 the size. The one little serama chick was constantly tucking itself up under the Isbar and peeking out from under the wing. When I would reach into the box, the Isbar would charge my hand. It was the cutest darn thing. It was only about ten days old and brooding it's younger "sibling". Unfortunately, the Isbar got moved out to the gargage brooder with the rest of it's hatch. The serama chick is keeping a new young chick company.

And the little white Icelandic roo (he now lives with me)..............I'll have to post an updated photo. He's developed many colorful spots over a mostly white chicken. Very pretty.

Deb

 

[cjwaldon]

Can you sex these puff balls? As you can see, 3 are white cream legbars and 3 are normal (2 males and one female in the middle?). They are 3 days old, 6 of 7 eggs hatched.

I would guess girls on all three of the brown ones.

 

[madamwlf]

Can you sex these puff balls? As you can see, 3 are white cream legbars and 3 are normal (2 males and one female in the middle?). They are 3 days old, 6 of 7 eggs hatched.

Need good head shots of the yellows but I see at least one girl.

 

[jamesbwood]

Head shots:


One





Two




Three





All three whites




Closer on the other 3 - all girls?

 

[madamwlf]

Looks like the Creams are all girls and the whites are 1 girl and 2 boys.

 

[boykin2010]

 I would guess girls on all three of the brown ones.

I also think all the normal colored chicks are females.

 

[boykin2010]

On the whites I think one girl one boy and one I am not sure