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The Legbar breed was first seen at a dairy show in London in 1947, and their standard was written into the Poultry Club of Great Britan in 1958. They currently have no American Poultry Association Standard of Perfection to follow, so we are following the British standards as of now. This breed was the second breed of chicken created with an auto-sexing gene, meaning you can differentiate between cockerels and pullets right as they exit the shell. The little boys carry a double copy of the barring gene, giving them a little white or platinum blond spot on the tippy top of their heads, and the little girls have chipmunk striping along their brown backs. This breed carries the genes from Chile's Auracana breed of chicken, giving them the ability to lay blue and green eggs. They offer around 150-200 yearly eggs, which lean toward a golf ball in appearance. Looking at them you may think the egg to be small, but they're just squat li'l teapot eggs. Once you get them on the scale you'll see that they lay medium and large eggs, pretty enough to put in an easter basket. We hatch from only blue eggs that come from our best conforming birds. This medium-sized breed is known to be an active forager and a bit flighty, so we keep one wing clipped on ours to keep them outta the trees.
A farm friend was selling out of their long-running line of exquisite Crested Cream Legbars, and we snatched them up, lickety split. We are deeply honored to carry on that line here at Happy Joyous Farm. We have since imported stags from other impressive fanciers, and will be offering some of the best CCLBs in the area this year. Our current breeders have taken blue ribbons at each show they've entered.
They have a sweet disposition, and don't mind health and wellness checks at all, so feel free to get hands-on with them. They're fairly alert and aware of their surroundings for a crested bird. Our experience with crested birds prior to this was they're virtually blind to the sky, but the CCLBs do pretty well to tell each other when something's flying overhead, and love to talk amongst themselves about it, being a fairly vocal breed. The cockbirds do get a bit randy during breeding season, but it's nothing you can't handle.
Quick Stats:
Weight: 5-7 pounds
Eggs: 200-250 blue (occasionally green) eggs yearly
Weather Tolerance: Not cold hardy
Temperament: Friendly, protective stags
Origin: Great Brittain
Defects: No written American Standard
Crested Cream Legbars
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