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The cream Legbar was created by chance. Through cross-breeding of gold
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and lays blue, olive or green eggs. The Legbar is considered a rare breed by the
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to be a separate breed. Both the Legbar and the Cream Legbar are listed among the UK breeds on the watchlist of the trust; neither is considered "priority".
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627:. Autosexing Breeds Association. Archived 25 March 2023.
580:. Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Archived 27 December 2016.
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425:. Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Archived 27 December 2016.
394:. Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Archived 22 November 2021.
615:. Rare Breed Survival Trust. Archived 22 November 2021.
461:. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
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1631:Norfolk Grey
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1508:Anglo-Nubian
1392:Middle White
1147:Norfolk Horn
857:Irish Moiled
835:Dual purpose
798:Dairy cattle
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18:Cream Legbar
1742:Brecon Buff
1656:Scots Dumpy
1616:Modern Game
1606:Indian Game
1465:Small White
1460:Small Black
1387:Large White
1382:Large Black
1362:British Lop
1311:South Devon
1222:Wensleydale
1157:Oxford Down
1107:Hill Radnor
1082:Exmoor Horn
1072:Dorset Horn
1067:Dorset Down
1037:Clun Forest
941:Blue Albion
908:Tory Island
788:Welsh Black
778:South Devon
763:Lincoln Red
705:Beef cattle
486:: 309-326.
266:auto-sexing
218:auto-sexing
208:A cream hen
1773:Categories
1661:Scots Grey
1430:Cumberland
1192:Shropshire
1172:Rough Fell
1112:Kerry Hill
918:White Park
368:References
301:sex-linked
280:with gold
238:cross-bred
119:Egg colour
109:2.0–2.7 kg
102:2.7–3.4 kg
1699:Orpington
1694:Aylesbury
1646:Orpington
1352:Berkshire
1263:Hebridean
1246:Primitive
1212:Teeswater
1207:Swaledale
1197:Southdown
1127:Llanwenog
1047:Dalesbred
1027:Cambridge
896:Primitive
862:Glamorgan
852:Droimeann
773:Shorthorn
728:Blue Grey
676:Livestock
313:Araucanas
254:Araucanas
240:American
220:breed of
138:Comb type
1747:Shetland
1714:Shetland
1666:Sebright
1651:Rosecomb
1578:Chickens
1518:Bilberry
1402:Tamworth
1187:Shetland
1162:Portland
1102:Herdwick
1077:Easycare
1042:Cotswold
936:Alderney
882:Shetland
877:Red Poll
872:Pembroke
816:Guernsey
806:Ayrshire
758:Highland
753:Hereford
748:Galloway
564:p. 53-56
293:Leghorns
246:Leghorns
107:Female:
1601:Ixworth
1596:Dorking
1566:Poultry
1422:Extinct
1293:Extinct
1253:Boreray
1202:Suffolk
1177:Ryeland
1122:Lincoln
1032:Cheviot
928:Extinct
551:Britain
511:Britain
284:birds.
282:Campine
260:History
236:. They
222:chicken
186:Chicken
1709:Magpie
1671:Sussex
1611:Legbar
1345:Extant
1167:Romney
1142:Masham
1087:Galway
975:Extant
913:Vaynol
842:Albion
821:Jersey
783:Sussex
738:Dexter
693:Cattle
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578:Legbar
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274:Cambar
214:Legbar
100:Male:
94:Weight
89:Traits
63:DAD-IS
33:Legbar
1734:Geese
1681:Ducks
1543:Pygmy
1538:Irish
1513:Bagot
1493:Goats
1440:Grice
1407:Welsh
1372:Essex
1268:Jacob
1132:Lleyn
964:Sheep
826:Kerry
768:Luing
733:Devon
350:crest
320:as a
1334:Pigs
1283:Soay
1137:Lonk
597:ISBN
556:ISBN
516:ISBN
228:and
212:The
172:PCGB
84:eggs
54:RBST
360:Use
152:APA
81:Use
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