Recent content by dretd

Sol2Go, Thanks for all of your very helpful photos! I appreciate that you talking about Cream Legbars being gold based. It seems that we often are talking both genetics and phenotypes in the same sentence and the words we use when talking about one cannot be used with the other and if we don't...

Hi Mellcrowl! They are far too young to judge quality except for some obvious body defects like wry tail or similar. $29 seems very reasonable for the pair and I would grab them and grow them out. I think you can get a reasonable assessment on the females by about 6 months but the males I grow...

Holy Moly--He is quite the Super Hero indeed. I am amazed at the healing power of chickens. He has bounced back remarkably well and quite the handsome fellow to boot!

Absolutely some epistasis may be going on. I am sure there are all sorts of influences going on in this breed including something dampening the expression of the cresting gene but that's another conversation! The way I interpret the 'red' quote is that the homozygous reference was to adult...

Due to line/breeding in breeding I had something happen that I think is just remarkable... I have my original CL hen from 2012 -- and in my mind she set the standard for the breed (pertaining to my needs and expectations - very blue eggs, plenty of them -- and the correct CL appearance for me...

Hi CP- sorry I am so far behind in everything this year and you are just getting a response to a post from last month now, but I couldn't resist...I know why the Barred Rocks are calling you-I loved my BR female. She was one of my very first chickens and was a great layer and very nice to be...

I remember reading a BYCer talking about pulling a chick from their rubbish heap, so it does happen. I think that sometime an egg sits on the periphery of the clutch and gets incubated at a cooler temperature so they naturally hatch a little later than the center ones. I hope Lucky turns out...

Good Morning Everyone: The Cream Legbar Club is having its Second Club Meeting for the year today. It has come to my attention that several members have not received their meeting invites so I thought I'd post the invite for anyone who would like to join us today (1 PM Pacific) The agenda...

Good Morning Everyone: The Cream Legbar Club is having its Second Club Meeting for the year today. It has come to my attention that several members have not received their meeting invites so I thought I'd post the invite for anyone who would like to join us today (1 PM Pacific) The agenda...

I think that there are other genes that influence the size of the crest. Not sure if it skull shape, a variant of the crest gene itself, or other genes that increase feather length (think the longer feathers that run along side the comb in some breeds) or amount ( recessive stubs). There may be...

Sounds like you are off to a good start with your flock and its good to get opinions from multiple sources and do lots of research. Some folks seem to have lots of strong opinions and are very happy to share them with you, but its going to be your job of taking the good advice and pitching the...