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[sundancenbare]

Hi Everyone,
I live in Davis County, with my husband, two children, two dogs and two hives of bees. My daughter has been wanting to get chickens for a few years and I stumbled across this forum. I have been reading all I can in preparation. I am very interested in the Cream Legbar as it seems to possess many of the attributes we are looking for (friendly, forager, good sized eggs and easy to make sure you don't end up with a roo). Is there anyone in the group with them? Any other breeds that I should consider that really do well here?

Thanks!
Carrie

The cream legbar is a very expensive breed to start with. I have one and she is a nice but there are many breeds that fit your criteria. Any of the more common breeds would work well for you rhode island reds, bard rocks, leghorns, black or red sexlinks as auto sexing which is great . Good luck in your search

 

[bitsyhorse]

Hi Everyone,
I live in Davis County, with my husband, two children, two dogs and two hives of bees. My daughter has been wanting to get chickens for a few years and I stumbled across this forum. I have been reading all I can in preparation. I am very interested in the Cream Legbar as it seems to possess many of the attributes we are looking for (friendly, forager, good sized eggs and easy to make sure you don't end up with a roo). Is there anyone in the group with them? Any other breeds that I should consider that really do well here?

Thanks!
Carrie

I have a cream legbar that I am going to be selling in the next few months to make room for some silkies. She started laying just before Thanksgiving. She is beautiful, with the top crest and all, however, she is VERY skittish... so I don't think all cream legbars end up with nice friendly personalities... probably just depends on how they're raised

I don't know if with some personal attention, she may end up friendly... but if I'm standing by the door to let them out to free range, it takes her a good few minutes to get up the courage to go past me. I plan on selling her for the price I paid $25 If anyone is interested, just send me an email [email protected]

oh, I'm in Utah County (Springville) btw

 

[the-bird-man]

I have a cream legbar that I am going to be selling in the next few months to make room for some silkies. She started laying just before Thanksgiving.  She is beautiful, with the top crest and all, however, she is VERY skittish... so I don't think all cream legbars end up with nice friendly personalities... probably just depends on how they're raised   I don't know if with some personal attention, she may end up friendly... but if I'm standing by the door to let them out to free range, it takes her a good few minutes to get up the courage to go past me.  I plan on selling her for the price I paid $25  If anyone is interested, just send me an email [email protected]
 :cd  

oh, I'm in Utah County (Springville) btw

do you heat your coop? if not i might be interested. i just dont heat my coop and would not want to shock her.

 

[the-bird-man]

Hi Everyone,
I live in Davis County, with my husband, two children, two dogs and two hives of bees.  My daughter has been wanting to get chickens for a few years and I stumbled across this forum.  I have been reading all I can in preparation.  I am very interested in the Cream Legbar as it seems to possess many of the attributes we are looking for (friendly, forager, good sized eggs and easy to make sure you don't end up with a roo).  Is there anyone in the group with them?  Any other breeds that I should consider that really do well here?

Thanks!
Carrie  

sex links are great. i like the black ones my self. they are super friendly, they forage good, and the eggs are jumbo. mine are several years old now and still lay great. of the four i have had i only did not like one of them. barred rocks are great and you can sex them as soon as they feather out.

 

[RedIII]

Today is not a happy day for me. Not feeling well, and I just posted my last, precious four Icelandics for sale. I am so sad to have to see them go, but I just am not a good breeder and I want to see their numbers expand. I think it is too much stress for DH when I am trying to hatch eggs and get a bunch of chicks, even though he has been very supportive about me having them. I can't imagine not having them here with me, but I made the decision to find a new home for them. Still, my heart is breaking a little.

Also, we think a hawk got one of our meat hens in the last couple of days. What scares me is that she wasn't a small hen. Whatever got her is either big or very hungry, because it ate most of the meat. I think it will come back and my roosters have not sounded the alarm at all over the last few months. I have been out there several times just in the past month and seen hawks cruising past, with no alarm from either roo. I may get a new rooster next year. I need a boy that's alert to danger out here.

 

[the-bird-man]

Today is not a happy day for me. Not feeling well, and I just posted my last, precious four Icelandics for sale. I am so sad to have to see them go, but I just am not a good breeder and I want to see their numbers expand. I think it is too much stress for DH when I am trying to hatch eggs and get a bunch of chicks, even though he has been very supportive about me having them. I can't imagine not having them here with me, but I made the decision to find a new home for them. Still, my heart is breaking a little.

Also, we think a hawk got one of our meat hens in the last couple of days. What scares me is that she wasn't a small hen. Whatever got her is either big or very hungry, because it ate most of the meat. I think it will come back and my roosters have not sounded the alarm at all over the last few months. I have been out there several times just in the past month and seen hawks cruising past, with no alarm from either roo. I may get a new rooster next year. I need a boy that's alert to danger out here.

awww red i am so sorry hugs

 

[RedIII]

awww red i am so sorry hugs

Thank you, friend. It really is appreciated.

 

[eggsbert]

Today is not a happy day for me. Not feeling well, and I just posted my last, precious four Icelandics for sale. I am so sad to have to see them go, but I just am not a good breeder and I want to see their numbers expand. I think it is too much stress for DH when I am trying to hatch eggs and get a bunch of chicks, even though he has been very supportive about me having them. I can't imagine not having them here with me, but I made the decision to find a new home for them. Still, my heart is breaking a little.

Also, we think a hawk got one of our meat hens in the last couple of days. What scares me is that she wasn't a small hen. Whatever got her is either big or very hungry, because it ate most of the meat. I think it will come back and my roosters have not sounded the alarm at all over the last few months. I have been out there several times just in the past month and seen hawks cruising past, with no alarm from either roo. I may get a new rooster next year. I need a boy that's alert to danger out here.

Sorry to hear that you're getting rid of your Icelandics, but I understand trying to increase their numbers is a big responsibility and not easily accomplished. I hope you find some buyers who are up to the challenge and have some nice space for them to roam.

I've seen some pretty massive raptors here on the other side of the mountain in my neighborhood. I'm not sure what they are but I've seen several these last few years that could easily take a large hen. Shame on your rooster for not looking out for his girls.
Luckily, there is a very large plum tree over our girls to keep most winged predators swooping in unnoticed (though our girls tend to be very alert to danger anyway).

In other news, I'm pretty sure none of our girls are going to give us anymore eggs this winter and my family is turning against my lazy birds.

 

[frmboyinthecity]

In other news, I'm pretty sure none of our girls are going to give us anymore eggs this winter and my family is turning against my lazy birds.

Same thing is happening here. My wife's appreciation for the birds is diminishing quickly when we are buying eggs and feed for the chickens.

 

[RedIII]

Same thing is happening here. My wife's appreciation for the birds is diminishing quickly when we are buying eggs and feed for the chickens.

Yeah DH wants eggs and all our girls are on winter hiatus.

We lost another meat bird today, but it was to the cold. We think he was sick. DH found him stuck in the snow and half frozen. We tried to put him under a light but he didn't make it. I'm sad because he was DH's favorite. What a rotten day.