Copper Marans
Pure breed
Black and Blue Copper Marans, kept for their dark brown eggs and steady temperament.
Opal Legbar project
Opal Legbar × Barnevelder cross · project line.
CrossProject line
Birds that mostly look like Opal Legbars, with Barnevelder in their ancestry.
This line is still being developed, so results can vary from hatch to hatch.
- Temperament
- Varies between birds; Barnevelders are generally calm, Legbars more active
- Size
- Medium to large
- Eggs
- Mostly green, with some brown layers. No individual pullet's egg colour is promised.
- Sexing at hatch
- Any sexing at hatch depends on the specific mating and is confirmed from that hatch's markings. If a chick's markings aren't clear, it's sold unsexed.
- Breeding note
- A cross with Barnevelder ancestry, described as a cross even though most birds look like Opal Legbars.
- Parents
- Opal Legbar × Barnevelder
Other birds
All birds
Buff Orpington
Pure breed
Calm, substantial backyard birds from our current standard Orpington line.
Marpington
Cross
A named cross offered mainly as chicks, from a mating chosen so pullets can be identified at hatch when the markings are clear.
Vorwerk
Pure breed
Gold-and-black heritage birds with real presence in the paddock.
Laced Wyandotte
Pure breed
A colourful laced pen: gold, silver, splash laced red and black laced buff hens with a Gold Laced rooster.