Crested Cream Legbars

Did you know that Crested Cream Legbars are an auto sexing breed?

This means that they can be sexed at hatch. Below is a male (lighter) and a female (darker) from my most recent hatch.

Not every line of Legbars have such prominent distinctions between males and females, as it is something that you must continue to selectively breed for. All of them are considered auto sexing, with the males having a bigger white spot on their head and being overall lighter, and females having only a small dot and overall darker. The males will continue to be significantly lighter than females as they age, and can be largely white and cream as adults.

Legbars are also one of the few true blue layers of the chicken world. This means they carry two copies of the blue egg gene, so at least one copy of that will be passed on to all offspring. They often lay much deeper and more vibrant blue in comparison to Ameraucanas. I haven’t had Legbars very long, but I do believe they lay a bit of a deeper blue than my Ameraucanas. Being homozygous blue layers (carrying 2 copies of the blue egg gene) and laying some of the best blue eggs of all chickens, they are extremely popular in Olive Egger programs.

Although I will hatch out more full blooded Cream Legbars periodically, my plan is to use them in my Olive Egger pens. My current Legbars are rescues, and I’m not very certain of their quality. Thus far, I am impressed with egg color, so they will make great Olive Egger parents. However, because they haven’t had the greatest life until this point, and I don’t know much about their background, I’m not sure I will sell full blooded Legbars at the moment. I will likely only hatch them out for myself, or possibly in small batches for others.

Overall, I love Legbars and am very impressed with them so far!