The Legbar Thread!

[lonnyandrinda]

Both girls for sure.

 

[Papa Brooder]

 

[ChicKat]

Waiting on a couple eggs in lockdown but this little guy is a contender for the opening in the Alpha department. The brooder's in the outside coop and it was nice today but a bit brisk so I did not want to keep him out for long and he looked like he was feeling the cold, but he seems to be turning out okay so far. He is my only boy so far from my younger girl so hopefully I'll have another one or two soon.

Whoo Hoo -- he's really pretty. So silvery.

Everyone...nice chicks, and nice pictures. Keep posting those Cream Legbar pictures. ;O)

 

[omaeve]

looked at your new website. very nice. will you be shipping to VA?

 

[Darlagips]

Thank you all for your replies. I guess then I will know a roo when I hatch one out then. I'm thinking it needs to be a really definite white spot, right?

 

[anniesmom]

Thank you all for your replies. I guess then I will know a roo when I hatch one out then. I'm thinking it needs to be a really definite white spot, right?

Here is a picture of a group I got from GFF in March. The males were obvious with their white hats. They are now 6 months old and very much boys!

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

My little legbarhorns are growing nicely. I might keep one of the cockerels around just to see how he turns out. They all have decent rose combs and good crests, one of the pullets has good barring in her crest too. The ration was perfect for any other breed with them, I got 2 pullets for every cockerel which left me with a total of 5 boys and 10 girls, I sold a few of the boys as mutts because the comb was too big for my liking. They all seem to be maturing nicely with good white earlobes and good tails. With this line, I am working more towards a leghorn body as far as flow goes but I like the tallness that the UK birds have. One of these days I'll try to get my creative side out and try to draw out my ideal looking legbar.
I will be taking pics of sale birds tomorrow so I think I'll try to get some pics (finally) of them and my legbars.

Which reminds me- I entered my cockerel at the fair this year under the English class just for fun. The judge said he was a crossbreed and should be in the American class. After judging, I told the guy that they are a true breed and just like with all other breeds, they are a cross of a few different breeds. He was being a jerk about it all and said that it wasn't even a good leghorn x barred rock because he has a crest. I mean, come on guy! I know you're active online on all the forums, you'd think he at least has knowledge of the breed. So needless to say, I got a DQ for showing a 'mutt' even with the UK standard there for him to look at

 

[GaryDean26]

...Which reminds me- I entered my cockerel at the fair this year under the English class just for fun. The judge said he was a crossbreed and should be in the American class. After judging, I told the guy that they are a true breed and just like with all other breeds, they are a cross of a few different breeds. He was being a jerk about it all and said that it wasn't even a good leghorn x barred rock because he has a crest. I mean, come on guy! I know you're active online on all the forums, you'd think he at least has knowledge of the breed. So needless to say, I got a DQ for showing a 'mutt' even with the UK standard there for him to look at

I did a breed display on the Cream Legbar at a show in the San Antonio area in March. When I contacted the director for the show (who is very well connected with the poultry world) she told me that she had never heard of the Cream Legbar, but that her son who was in college studying Poultry Management (degree title?) was attending an International Poultry Conference in Atlanta, Georgia the following week and that she would tell him to keep his eyes open for anyone that knew about the Cream Legbar. I never heard back from her son's experience at the conference, but the show director did make space for us to set up our display. At the show I only ran into three people that had heard of the Cream Legbar.

Yes, the Cream Legbar is still a relatively unknown breed in the USA.

Taking your Cream Legbars to the fair and poultry shows is the right thing to do though. It exposes the breed to the public. No, they will not be able to compete against other birds since they don't have breed recognition in the USA but we will have to put them in front of the APA judges before that ever happens. After that judge has seen a dozen Cream Legbars shown by 4 or 5 different breeders he will begin to see the uniformity and learn what makes the breed. APA judges have to go through a learning curve too. I have been studying this breed for almost a year and am still learning about it.

I know that breed clubs for other unrecognized breeds in the USA encouraged member to show their birds and to show them in large numbers even though they know they wouldn't be eligible for any awards.

Good work...keep it up.

 

[CibolaChooks]

My little legbarhorns are growing nicely. I might keep one of the cockerels around just to see how he turns out. They all have decent rose combs and good crests, one of the pullets has good barring in her crest too. The ration was perfect for any other breed with them, I got 2 pullets for every cockerel which left me with a total of 5 boys and 10 girls, I sold a few of the boys as mutts because the comb was too big for my liking. They all seem to be maturing nicely with good white earlobes and good tails. With this line, I am working more towards a leghorn body as far as flow goes but I like the tallness that the UK birds have. One of these days I'll try to get my creative side out and try to draw out my ideal looking legbar.
I will be taking pics of sale birds tomorrow so I think I'll try to get some pics (finally) of them and my legbars.

Which reminds me- I entered my cockerel at the fair this year under the English class just for fun. The judge said he was a crossbreed and should be in the American class. After judging, I told the guy that they are a true breed and just like with all other breeds, they are a cross of a few different breeds. He was being a jerk about it all and said that it wasn't even a good leghorn x barred rock because he has a crest. I mean, come on guy! I know you're active online on all the forums, you'd think he at least has knowledge of the breed. So needless to say, I got a DQ for showing a 'mutt' even with the UK standard there for him to look at

Was the cockerel that you entered into the show a Cream Legbar or was it one of your Legbarhorns. Just thinking that if your cockerel was one of your legbarhorn's the judge was ignorant to the CL breed but at least he was smart enough to know you took a leghorn and crossed it with something. If you were ignorant to the breed most might assume barred rock was the other part of the cross.

 

[normanack]

You'd think a judge would want to encourage a new hobbyist by finding something good to say even if he disqualified the bird (rightly or wrongly). Is chicken breeding and showing so popular that it doesn't need new, dedicated people?