Can Cream Legbars lay cream eggs?

Can Cream Legbars lay cream eggs?

To be clear, each individual bird will lay either blue or green eggs (not both colors), but you could get blue-egg-laying hens or green-egg-laying hens. Cream Legbars tend to start laying at around 5-6 months of age and they lay 150-200 eggs a year. And some hatchery strains may lay even better than that.

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 size eggs do Cream Legbars lay?

At what age do Cream Legbars start laying eggs?

about 6 months
Like most chickens, Cream Legbars start laying their eggs at about 6 months of age.

Can Cream Legbar lay green eggs?

This egg color comes from the blue eggs of the Cream Legbars and the green from the Isbar. As this is a fairly new breed it might be more difficult to find at the hatcheries. What is this? A medium-sized bird, the ice cream bar hen will lay between 180-200 blue-green eggs per year.

Are crested Cream Legbars good layers?

Cream Legbars are very productive layers, averaging 4 medium-sized light blue eggs per week which equates to around 230 eggs per year. Some sources state they are broody, others disagree. Broodiness will therefore depend on which strain you have. They are autosexing which means chicks are distinct at hatching.

What chicken lays the bluest egg?

Araucanas
What Chicken Lays The Bluest Eggs? Araucana eggs are the bluest eggs known, and are caused by the oocyan gene. This breed evolved in Chile, and all other blue egg laying breeds are descended from Araucanas.

Are Cream Legbar dual purpose?

Cream Legbar Are you looking for a beautiful flock of medium sized, hardy, dual purpose birds that will not only produce beautiful pastel colored eggs, but….. also produce visibly sexed chicks?

Do Cream Legbars go broody?

This hardy breed is active and a frugal eater. It is quite unusual for them to go broody. Be aware that many so-called Cream Legbars do not fulfil the breed standard because they have lost the dilute cream gene.

What chicken lays the bluest eggs?

What hens lay the biggest eggs?

The hens usually lay 200 or more eggs per year and are well known to be some of the largest white eggs of any breed.

• Leghorn.
• Welsummer.
• Barnevelder.
• Delaware.
• Buff Orpington.
• Speckled Sussex.
• Golden Comets.