CREAM LEGBAR
Auto-Sexing Blue Egg Layers!
AUTO-SEXING. WHAT?
What in the world does this mean? Cream Legbars have a barring gene which the cockerels at hatch display Prominently by a pronounced white spot on the top of their heads.
So your meaning... we can get sexed blue egg layers at hatch? YES! in 2023 we will be offering sexed Cream Legbar Pullets at a day old!
OUR FLOCK
Cross B procured a Quad of Cream Legbars from a local breeder in 2022. 1 Pullet right off the bat in the quarantine process, did not make the cut and was dispatched from the flock. The trio left, is where the breeding strain will come from. We have hatched out chicks from the breeder's selection and Feb of 2023 have started collecting eggs again for incubation. We also procured a group of Cream Legbar Pullets from a local store. These will be hatchery chicks, BUT we will select best type and egg color to continue with and place them with a cockerel from the breeder stock offspring, when they come of age. Some of this group will be used in some Egg Color Breeding Projects as well.
BLUE EGGS
Yes they are really, Blue Eggs! As you can see in this picture our ladies lay blue eggs. The Standard for Cream Legbars says their eggs can be Blue to Green. We will be working towards Blue Eggs only. So we will only hatch from Blue Eggs. Some of the Hatchery stock could lay a blue/green egg but these will never be incubated.
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If you ever have a Question, do not hesitate to ask, wether you would like some current pictures etc. Our goal, if you are buying our poultry is to make sure you know what you are getting and satisfied to the best of our ability.
TRANSPARENCY
We are very new to this breed and color and as such this page will evolve as our eye evolves. But we will work with where we are and what we've got. There are many faults and one of them we are seeing in some of our offspring is red leakage as in this cockerel.
PRICING
Since there is Two Different sets of this breed at Cross B, there will be Two Different Price Points. If you are interested in Breeder Stock from the Strain we are developing to improve the breed, then you must say so. Most chicks offered to the public will be from the hatchery girls, which will be at a lower price point then the breeder stock. These Hatchery Hens in 2023 Q2 and on will be bred to one of the young cockerels hatched in 2022 from the breeder stock.
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Hatchery Quality Stock will not be available until at least Q2 possibly Q3 as the girls are still to young to lay.
WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT
Just because there is a price listed does not mean there are any available, this is just a reference of the cost for certain ages.
Breeder Improvement Stock will be sold only if we have enough chicks to grow-out for evaluation of the selected breeding.
Non Breeder Pullets will sell fast! Everyone wants a blue egg layer. So make sure you are on our radar and paying attention to the fb page for updates on availability.
Meat Cockerels these will sell fast as well! Pay attention to the fb page and make sure I know that you want these chicks.
BREED IMPROVEMENT STRAIN
Pullets & Cockerels
0-2 Weeks $10 Each
3-4 Weeks $15 Each
5-8 Weeks $20 Each
9-12 Weeks $25 Each
13-20 Weeks $30 Each
21-24 Weeks $35 Each
7-9 Months $40+ Each
Hatching Eggs
Private Treaty Only
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JUST WANT A BLUE EGG LAYER?
These Girls will not be laying until Q2 or Q3 of 2023.
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Pullets
0-4 Weeks $8 Each
5-8 Weeks $12 Each
9-12 Weeks $16 Each
13-20 Weeks $20 Each
21-24 Weeks $24 Each
7-9 Months $30 Each
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Hatching Eggs
$3/ Egg
For every 5 eggs purchased you get 1 egg free.
Min & Max will be determined in 2023.
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WANT A COCKEREL FOR MEAT?
Great Heritage Meat to Grow
and put in your Freezer!
The Earlier You Buy them the Cheaper they will be!
So send me a message to let me know you are interested in buying my cockerels out of the hatcher. These will go Quick!
Out of the Hatcher .50c Each
2-7 Days $1 Each
1-2 Week $3 Each
3-4 Week $5 Each
5-8 Week $15 Each
9-12 Week $20 Each
14-16 Weeks $25 Each
17+ Weeks $30 and Up
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HISTORY
The Power of Selection is an Amazing Thing!
In 1928 a British Horticulturist, Clarence Elliot, brought back some blue egg laying chickens from Chile. See South America had a mutation in their populations of chickens that caused eggs to change from white to blue! He brought these birds back to the Cambridge University and gave them to R. C. Punnett and Michael Pease, in 1930. (Did you recognize that name? Punnett? Punnett square... Yep that is him!) These two men worked on many sex-linked breeds of chickens but in 1937 is when the first Legbars were created, the Gold Legbar.
More to come later.... Check out the Cream Legbar Club of America for more details!
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