Egg Color: Blue- Medium
Rare (aka lavender) legbars. These are a relatively new variety of legbars. These are crested, barred, and autosexing (we can tell what gender they are at hatch).
We breed for the blue standard of egg color-- these lay beautiful robin blue eggs!!. They have a grayish/iridescent hue-- with white/gray barring. The hens have a lovely pinkish breast.
We have spent the last three - four years focusing on our Opal flock and improving their natural beauty. We are super excited to share these beauties with you.
Opal/Lavender Legbars require someone passionate about breeding them and will take the time and care they deserve. Historically, lavenders in almost all breeds are riddled with feathering issues.
As a responsible breeder, our offering includes Opal Splits. The Spilts breed together to produce an Opal, Splits, and Cream (See breeding chart below). The gene pool for this breed remains very small. Our current flock of opals and splits are free of the white recessive gene.
The splits will look like a Cream/Crele Legbar but carry the hidden lavender gene. By providing these splits, we are ensuring the genetic diversity in the Opal Legbar Line. Thus preventing feathering issues or genetic problems. We have more Full Opals in our breeding pens, alongside a few Split Opals. We only use Opal x Opal and Opal X Cream Splits for our selling stock.
Here's a bit of an overview of how to handle splits and breeding information:
Opal X Opal = 100% Opal
Opal x Cream Split = 50% Opal & 50% Split
Cream Split x Cream Split = 25% Opal, 50% split, 25% Cream
Opal x Cream = 100% split
I am obsessed with this breed. We have been working on flock-- focusing on improving the white ear lobes, straight combs with crest, and yellow legs. I like a slighter, thicker form on our chickens.
I want to clarify that we keep the majority of all our breeds and varieties separated. They have their own breeding pens and coops.
We recommend that you mark or separate your eggs before hatching. It can be challenging for the untrained eye to tell a split opal from a cream without test breeding, so be careful when marking your eggs and chicks! We did include a picture of one of the split hens for reference. Best Advice: do not hatch with other cream legbars! Also, remember to band your chicks so you can know the difference. It will save you a headache and heartache later.
We only use Cream Legbars in our splits. But, it is acceptable to use Golden Crele Legbars as well. We were lucky and acquired the last of Christine Simpson's imports via another variety. Her line was out of Canada, unrelated to the legbars imported by GreenFire Farms. This helped us give our flock that pop- of yellow leg color and beautiful blue eggs.
If you have a passion for these beauties, consider joining the Facebook group Opal (aka Isabella) Legbar Fan Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1872729272941008
Please make sure you have read our shipping policies on hatching eggs and chicks. We can ship up to two dozen per order. If you want more, then place a separate order for the rest. By purchasing, you agree to those terms and understand that shipping is risky with such products. Chick minimums are dependent on the time of year. Please make sure you have selected enough chicks. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. Please be aware all orders are custom-- so if you want chicks, there is at least a 21-day wait.
Limits: 10 pullet chicks per order. -- These will be a mix of Full Opal/ or Splits