Mystery breed (CCL or EE) and possible rooster??

[KellyBellyKeeper]

Looking for some insight on sex and breed for this 7 week old chicken. I ordered 3 chicks from Mt. Healthy Hatchery this year and they gave me a free one. Their website says when they give you a freebie that it will be one of the breeds you ordered. I ordered sexed females - a Crested Cream Legbar, a Blue Copper Maran, and an Americana/Easter Egger. Mystery chicken looked just like a female cream legbar when it was a chick but doesn't really resemble a cream legbar the more it matures. I am also starting to worry she might be a cockerel. Her coloring seems very different than the other cream legbar (see pic #3), she has no crest, her legs are thick and slate/greenish not yellow.

Any feedback on sex or breed would be greatly appreciated.

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

@MysteryChicken @TheOddOneOut

 

[nuthatched]

Easter egger cockerel, maybe through cclb

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Definitely not a legbar, as it is not crested, barred, or yellow skinned.
Male EE.

This appears to be a CCLB.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Looking for some insight on sex and breed for this 7 week old chicken. I ordered 3 chicks from Mt. Healthy Hatchery this year and they gave me a free one. Their website says when they give you a freebie that it will be one of the breeds you ordered. I ordered sexed females - a Crested Cream Legbar, a Blue Copper Maran, and an Americana/Easter Egger. Mystery chicken looked just like a female cream legbar when it was a chick but doesn't really resemble a cream legbar the more it matures. I am also starting to worry she might be a cockerel. Her coloring seems very different than the other cream legbar (see pic #3), she has no crest, her legs are thick and slate/greenish not yellow.

Any feedback on sex or breed would be greatly appreciated.

EE cockerel.

 

[KellyBellyKeeper]

Definitely not a legbar, as it is not crested, barred, or yellow skinned.
Male EE.

This appears to be a CCLB.
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Yes. That lovely lady is for sure. Thanks for the feedback!

 

[alpacasandchicks78]

Looking for some insight on sex and breed for this 7 week old chicken. I ordered 3 chicks from Mt. Healthy Hatchery this year and they gave me a free one. Their website says when they give you a freebie that it will be one of the breeds you ordered. I ordered sexed females - a Crested Cream Legbar, a Blue Copper Maran, and an Americana/Easter Egger. Mystery chicken looked just like a female cream legbar when it was a chick but doesn't really resemble a cream legbar the more it matures. I am also starting to worry she might be a cockerel. Her coloring seems very different than the other cream legbar (see pic #3), she has no crest, her legs are thick and slate/greenish not yellow.

Any feedback on sex or breed would be greatly appreciated.

I'm guessing EE cockerel. My EE cockerel looked similar at that age and I don't know if it's coincidence or not ( someone else may know better) but my other EE cockerels all had some red feathering to them. (We had to get rid of the others, too many roos not enough hens but the fella we kept is quite the ladies man.)

 

[Chickie-lu-22]

Easter eggers have the green/slate colored legs. Sex? Can't help ya there.wait a few weeks and watch the tail feathers. Rounded - female, pointed - male. Though I hear this doesn't work for all breeds.

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Easter eggers have the green/slate colored legs. Sex? Can't help ya there.wait a few weeks and watch the tail feathers. Rounded - female, pointed - male. Though I hear this doesn't work for all breeds.

It doesnt work for hen feathered breeds like Sebrights. The roosters will have the same feathers as the hens.

 

[NatJ]

wait a few weeks and watch the tail feathers. Rounded - female, pointed - male. Though I hear this doesn't work for all breeds.

It's the saddle feathers just in front of the tail, not the tail feathers themselves.

When the feathers have any kind of markings, you have to be careful that the markings don't trick you. A round feather with pointy markings is still a round feather.

Long, skinny, pointed saddle feathers almost always mean male. (Exception: a rare hen with a hormone problem.)

Rounded saddle feathers can be on a young chick of either gender, or a female of any breed, or a male of the hen feathered breeds like Sebrights.

So saddle feathers that are long and skinny and pointy are very useful, but rounded saddle feathers don't tell as much.