What is the difference between a Cream Legbar and a crested Cream Legbar?
The most noticeable trait in Cream Legbars is the adorable little feather crests they have on their heads, just behind their combs. The crests are considerably larger in the hens, and much less noticeable in the roosters.
Are Cream Legbar hens barred?
The coloration of the Cream Legbar is a combination of cream and grays. The barring is most noticeable on the tail and breast of the males. Females barring is much more subtle and she may have some salmon color to her neck and breast.
Do Cream Legbars have feathered legs?
The crest of the cream Legbar is small and compact and carried well back from the red or orange eyes, falling off the back of the head below the extended comb. The face is red and smooth with smooth and pendant cream or opaque white ear-lobes. The red wattles are long and thin and the neck is long and well feathered.
What color eggs do Legbar lay?
Like Legbars and Rhodebars, they are a utility breed, and good layers of dark brown eggs (from their Welsummer heritage). Hens strongly resemble Bielefelders, but lay darker eggs.
Are cream Legbars rare?
One of the most popular auto-sexing breeds in the world, the Cream Legbar is still very rare in the United States. Female hens sport a small crest and are silver grey with a salmon-colored breast.
What color eggs do crested cream Legbars lay?
blue egg
The Cream Legbar chickens lay a beautiful blue egg. One of the most popular auto-sexing breeds in the world, the Cream Legbar is still very rare in the United States. Female hens sport a small crest and are silver grey with a salmon-colored breast.
What kind of chicken is cream crested Legbar?
Cream Crested Legbar, also called the Cream Legbar, is an auto-sexing type of chicken. This means that you can tell the sex of the chick at hatch, and they breed true. The Cream Legbar originated as a cross between Brown Leghorns and Barred Rock with some Araucana blood in them.
What kind of chicken is a Legbar chicken?
Legbar chicken is an utility type mostly appropriate for egg manufacturing. The cream Legbar chicken is a relatively loud type. As well as their voice is very like the Araucana. They Legbars are flighty as well as often tend to be nervous.
Where did the Cream Legbar breed come from?
Cream Legbars were developed in the 1930’s in Cambridge (United Kingdom) by crossing Brown Leghorns, Barred Plymouth Rocks and Araucana, for the egg colour. What do Cream Legbar chickens look like? How do you sex the Cream Legbar? Cream Legbars are a rare breed and are covered by the Rare Poultry Society.
Is there such a thing as a Cream Legbar?
The Cream Legbar is one of the few auto sexing breeds. The girls and boys are easily distinguishable by the colour of the down. The Cream Legbar is quite old and quite rare in its true pure form. Do not be confused by my feisty Leghorn comment.