Cream Legbar
Also known as: Legbar
A crested British breed with a standout party trick: it is autosexing, so male and female chicks can be told apart by their down at hatch, with no guesswork or vent-sexing. Cream Legbars lay about 180-230 blue to greenish eggs a year and are active, friendly foragers, but they are flightier than heavy breeds and are not APA-recognized in the US.
Figures verified against 3 sources. Ranges reflect variation by strain and individual bird.
At a glance
- Eggs / year
- 180–230
- Egg size
- medium
- Purpose
- eggs
- Class
- Large fowl
- Hen weight
- 4.5–6 lb
- Rooster weight
- 6–7.5 lb
- Starts laying
- 18–24 weeks
- Lifespan
- 5–8 years
- Comb
- single
- Noise
- moderate
- Origin
- England (1958)
- Conservation
- Not listed
Egg color: Blue Green
Temperament & suitability
Appearance
A crested, autosexing breed; chicks can be sexed by down color at hatch. Lays blue/green eggs.
Varieties
The Legbar has three UK-recognized colors: Cream, Gold, and Silver. The Cream Legbar is the crested, blue-egg, autosexing one. No Legbar is APA-recognized in the US.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Autosexing: tell males from females at hatch
- Lays blue/green eggs reliably
- Excellent active forager
Cons
- Not APA-recognized in the US
- Flightier than heavy breeds
- Egg shade varies (blue to greenish)
Common questions
What does autosexing mean?
Male and female chicks have visibly different down at hatch, so you can sex them immediately, with no waiting or vent-sexing.
What color eggs do Cream Legbars lay?
Blue to blue-green, around 180-230 per year.
When will your Cream Legbar start laying?
Just got chicks? Enter their hatch date and we’ll estimate the first-egg window for a Cream Legbar, based on its point of lay of 18–24 weeks. Hens rarely read the calendar, so treat it as a range.
Similar breeds
Sources
Verified 2026-07-06. A British autosexing breed (chicks sexable by down color), not APA-recognized. Blue/green eggs (~180-230/yr) and weights (hen up to ~6 lb, rooster up to ~7.5 lb) confirmed by Wikipedia and Backyard Poultry.