The Legbar Thread!

[Papa Brooder]

Quote: ha, well i'm in that boat too. i laugh at how I fill up my egg rack and change things around to make it look "right"

Quote: It does look like she's teasing it and back combing.....................I better go check the pen for some hair gel!

Deb
funny!

 

[Miss Molly]

Also I posted this bowl of eggs earlier today.  The photo was taken on auto shoot.   My hens are laying a beautiful powder blue or some say sky blue egg.  There  are some contrasting colors in the photo that pop the blue up a tad.  There's the dark Welsummer and Cuckoo Maran eggs below, the bluish grey tones in the bowl, the weathered grey tone wood, and the dark green blackberry brambles below.  Thanks for the compliments, but I'm guessing my eggs are mostly similar to others.  I looked at blackbirds13 eggs and I'm thinking they're close to what mine would look like in an incubator.  The blue of the cream legbar eggs is so elusive to photo, but oh so pretty!

WOW, this picture could be framed... Beautiful Eggs!

Molly

 

[lawatt]

It does look like she's teasing it and back combing.....................I better go check the pen for some hair gel!

Deb

*so* 80s!!

 

[redchicken9]

WOW, this picture could be framed... Beautiful Eggs!
Molly

Oh shucks, beginner's luck, thanks Molly!

 

[ChicKat]

WOW, this picture could be framed... Beautiful Eggs!
Molly

X2

 

[debs_flock]

Quote:
I must be old, I was thinking 60's. Specifically, I was thinking of what my cousin Becky would do to her hair at the neighbor's house before she left for school (that had to be after she left her own house) and it was in the 5th grade.

Deb

 

[normanack]

My three wee chicks, not quite so wee anymore. They've entered that adorable "ugly duckling" stage.

James, 4 weeks old. His wing and tail feathers are growing so fast.



Joan, 3 weeks old. Tiny little crest.



Jett, 3 weeks old. Slightly darker and warmer-colored than Joan.



The lighting came out a bit different in each photo -- not sure why. Joan looks lankier here but I think it's how they're standing.

Note: I only name my birds for record-keeping. (Yeah, right.)
;-)

 

[Wolf-Kim]

It might have been asked before and then lost.

How tolerant of other cockerels/roosters are Cream Legbars?

Temporarily I've placed my white pair with my cream trio and a couple of bantam cochin hens.(2 cockerels and 5 hens/pullets) All the legbars are under 20 weeks and the bantam cochins have them cowed right now. I was wondering if this arrangment could be maintained into adulthood? So far it's been fine because everyone is more worried about those saucy little banty hens.

 

[ChicKat]

My three wee chicks, not quite so wee anymore. They've entered that adorable "ugly duckling" stage.

James, 4 weeks old. His wing and tail feathers are growing so fast.



Joan, 3 weeks old. Tiny little crest.



Jett, 3 weeks old. Slightly darker and warmer-colored than Joan.



The lighting came out a bit different in each photo -- not sure why. Joan looks lankier here but I think it's how they're standing.

Note: I only name my birds for record-keeping. (Yeah, right.)
;-)

Very nice job on the photos....................Good examples of the youngsters.

 

[Dirt Farmer]

It might have been asked before and then lost.

How tolerant of other cockerels/roosters are Cream Legbars?

Temporarily I've placed my white pair with my cream trio and a couple of bantam cochin hens.(2 cockerels and 5 hens/pullets) All the legbars are under 20 weeks and the bantam cochins have them cowed right now. I was wondering if this arrangment could be maintained into adulthood? So far it's been fine because everyone is more worried about those saucy little banty hens.

My CL seem to be relatively submissive. I tried growing them out in a pen with rocks of the same age, sexes mixed. Of course the rocks were somewhat bigger. I had to separate them because the CL's couldn't even approach the feeders or waters after a few weeks without getting chased away. They seem gentle and standoffish with me as well. When I pick them up they run but they don't fight.