- Jan 5, 2016
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Well I just completed my first hatch of "Ice Cream-Bars" with 11 out of 12 eggs hatched. So far it looks like I may have a 100% sex-link cross. Male Isbar (yes, I'm going to still call them that- at least for now) over 2 different Cream Legbar females (one female lays the traditional blue egg color for the breed, and the other female lays a light mossy green egg). All birds from GFF lines but purchased from from a breeder local to me. All that hatched were either blues or blacks- no apparent splash (8 blacks and 3 blues). The black males have a stark white spot on their heads, the female blacks do not. There is one blue that has a white dot, but harder to see due to the lighter coloring, time will confirm. The males also all seem to have yellow-ish beaks and combs, whereas the females all have grey to black. I'm not looking to create an auto-sexing breed, rather an interesting cross that hopefully is reliably sex-linked and lays well and colorfully. I have included pictures of the parents as well as the chicks. I hope to update as I have new info regarding their development.