Cream legbars are medium-sized fowl that are known for their active foraging and ability to survive in a free-range environment.

The roosters are vigilant and protective of the hens, and the hens efficiently go about the business of gleaning every seed and insect from the fields and pastures they prefer. In 1952, seven legbar hens in England were monitored for a year. On the average they each laid 260 eggs. Cream legbar eggs are often deceptive in their appearance.

They tend to be more spherical than most chicken eggs, and because of this they look shorter and therefore smaller. But, if you weigh the eggs you will find they nicely compare to other breeds. A dozen legbar eggs selected at random on our farm weighs over 25 oz. which would handily earn them a ‘large’ rating under USDA egg sizing standards.

We’ve noticed that this breed is a bit more on the flighty side. The hens are occasionally broody and they will peck you hand with intent when you are trying to collect eggs from under them. The hens do produce a large number of eggs and we’ve observed that you’ll normally get about 200 eggs per year from them. So the average mentioned earlier does seem a bit higher than what we’ve seen. But they still lay a lot of eggs for a long time. Hens that are 3 and 4 years old are still laying steadily.