Egg Color: Blue- Medium
 
Due to high demand, we are currently only offering these in baby chicks or as part of our Rainbow Dozen Hatching Eggs.  

This beautiful variety of legbars have been our passion since we acquired them late in 2018. They are a beautiful creation of Candace Walden, who crossed Isabella Leghorn x Cream/Crele Legbars. These rare and unique legbars are considered lavender-based, but have an almost grayish/pearl hue.
 
Our line lays the most beautiful blue eggs.  
 
These have a unique quality of being Autosexing (this means we can determine gender at hatch) - there are specific characteristics that help us determine gender.  Female Chicks (pullets) have a chipmunk stripe and eyeliner.  Male Chicks (cockerels) are typically more muted, with one muted stripe down their back, and usually have a dot on their head.  The dot represents barring.   Females can have a dot as well-- as she has inherited good barring genes.  But she will have the chipmunk striping and eyeliner.  
 
We continue to work on our Opal flock, improving their natural beauty. We are super excited to share these beauties with you. We have worked hard on quality and find these to be just damn stunning. We breed our Opals to have crests-- nothing worse than crestless chickens, especially legbars. We have bred 100's of pullets and cockerels. We only select the best for our breeding flock.
 
As a responsible breeder, we produce Opal Splits and Full Opals. The Splits breed together to make an Opal, Splits, and Cream (See breeding chart below). Since these are a newer variety of legbar, the gene pool is still pretty small. We strive to avoid the pitfalls of other breeders and continue diversifying our gene pool. We choose to introduce cream legbars from our proven stock. We had our Cream Legbars years before we acquired our Opal Legbars.
 
We remain a closed flock, only bringing our Cream Legbars to create splits.  We have not added any other breeder genetics.    We take a Full Opal Legbar x Cream Legbar = Opal Legbar Split 
 
The splits will look like a Cream/Crele Legbar but will carry the hidden lavender gene. By providing these splits, we are ensuring the genetic diversity in the Opal Legbar Line. This prevents feathering issues and genetic problems. We have more Full Opals in our breeding pens, alongside a few Split Opals. We only use  Full Opal x Opal & 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.
 
Blue Hatching Eggs seem to be the most fragile in shipping. We are no longer offering these in hatching eggs, unless you purchase them in our Rainbow Dozen Hatching Eggs. 
 
This is a reminder that you will receive a mix of full opals and splits. We typically have more full Opals hatch.
 
We are very proud of the progress with our flock. 
 
If you are placing an order for chicks, please select enough chicks—reminder: our boxes are big, but our minimum is four, regardless of pickup or shipping. We only ship baby chicks via Express, as we believe they deserve a higher level of care.  We have established deposit pricing for up to 20 chicks.  This deposit includes a chick shipping box, an aspen pad, heating pads (if needed), gel, and feed.  You are paying a deposit at check out- based on your location -estimated amount of chicks- etc.  Pricing will vary.  If you have any questions please reach out.   Please be aware that all orders are custom, so if you want chicks, there is at least a 21-day wait.