The Legbar Thread!

[Wolf-Kim]

He's a boy. Although, you might need to hang onto him for a while and see what his comb does. A lot of people are wanting straight, if not only smaller combs on the legbars. This cockerel might fit both bills.

 

[normanack]

Three wee chicks!!!

First: one week old



Second: one day old



Third: one day old (first chick to its left, second chick to its right)



Comments/evaluations very much appreciated.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

Since they are not a breed known by the APA it would be hard to say what they would be classed....

Keith
SC
USA

That is what I am running into. If we were to try to get them standardized here in the US, what class would they be? I think I might just enter the rooster in English since they were made in the UK

 

[rc50]

and then you would have to find a show that had a judge that knew his stuff enough to do more than say I think that is a Cream Legbar...

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

Indeed. I plan to print out the UK standard to have near the cage so the judge has something to go by other than "well, it looks like it could be a cream legbar-blue ribbon"

 

[debs_flock]

I'm sure this has been asked before but I am having issues finding it. If I were to enter legbars in a show, what class would they be under? My thought would be English or AOSB. They were made in England but are a combo of a few different breeds which makes me think AOSB.

I'm not sure what you'd do at a regular show. At the State Fair, they had a class titled "Any other breed not specied above" (they already offer classes to all recognized breeds/varieties as they are approved). So in our case, you would have entered there. It is only divided by sex/age, all breeds are judged together and can only win their class & best overall "other".

Indeed. I plan to print out the UK standard to have near the cage so the judge has something to go by other than "well, it looks like it could be a cream legbar-blue ribbon"

It is routine here (in CA) that when you have a breed/variety of (poultry/rabbit/cavy/etc) that is not yet in the book, you bring a copy of the standard for the judge to use. Someone even brought the new standard for the BC Marans, since they aren't in the last published book.

eta - I'd be interested in hearing how it goes and the comments.

Deb

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Three wee chicks!!!

First: one week old



Second: one day old



Third: one day old (first chick to its left, second chick to its right)



Comments/evaluations very much appreciated.

Very pretty little trio! Did you hatch these? What good luck on the ratio!

 

[ChicKat]

Very pretty little trio! Did you hatch these? What good luck on the ratio!

X2 - they really look good. How interesting the color variation. Please keep us posted with pictures as they grow. Thanks!

 

[Time-Out]

Time-Out----

Thank you for the knowledgeable and insightful comments. Much appreciated.

Since there are multiple types of Araucanas in the UK, which do you breed? And the British Araucana Club's egg colour chart is what we are going by for those of us who have one. Is there a colour that is more desirable than others, such as A1? (i.e. does everyone try to get as close to A1 as possible, or is that just the one on the first corner of the card?) Do subsequent generations based on selection produce 'bluer' or more intense colors of eggs? Are the green eggs equally welcomed? Personally, I find the British Araucana standards more appealing than the USA standards for the breed. Too many questions? (whoops that's another one). Thanks. :O)

I breed the tailed version which looks a bit like your Ameraucana, but with a crest, although I have hatched out some rumpless too for a bit of fun and variety. I do think a tail looks more natural on a chicken, though!

The breed standard calls for blue, green or olive eggs, so it is slightly less rigourous than for Araucana, however, you'll find that most birds in the UK lay a beautiful sky blue egg as that is the most popular. I'd love my araucanas to lay that same colour, alas they don't.

I certainly wouldn't use the white cockerel for breeding, though. I can't see him producing the standard. It'd be like breeding from a white welsummer.

 

[ChicKat]

interesting -- with a tail and a crest. I vote for the Araucanas with tails. :O)