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  1. OakR

    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    Hi @Flockking Here you go, last photos I think as the cockerel is crowing (a lot) so is going to have to go this weekend as I'm not allowed them. They are both around 17 weeks now I think, and he seems mature and is trying to make more hens! He's still about the same size as his sister, not...
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    Last one for a few weeks. Pullet 12.5 weeks, Cockerel 12 weeks. I've also included a photo of the Mother Hen and the Cockerel (Cockerel about a week older and when he fertilised the eggs roughly). Pullet - 12.5 weeks Cockerel - 12 weeks Parent 1! LF Cream Legbar - approximately 13...
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    One more week after today and then I'll stop posting and do a final one once they are fully grown. 11 weeks and 10.5 weeks. They've been in the run, physically seperated from the 3 other pullets (around 26 weeks old) and 2 older hens for 2 weeks now, so will think about integrating...
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    A few days late, so effectively at 10 weeks and 9.5 weeks for the cockerel.
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    Thank you both @NatJ and @JedJackson - I was hoping so but great to have people much more experienced than me comment. I'll aim to still keep posting photos of the pullet up to 12 weeks and then again at 18 weeks or so for anyone else's future reference.
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    So up to 8 and 8.5 weeks. Still quite striking differences. Would 12 weeks be a good time to start feeling confident one is a pullet? The cockerel started trying to crow last week at 7 weeks....still trying! They've moved out now as they needed the space and it's not too cold here in London...
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    Thanks @NatJ . I guess the only thing is as they are mixes, and the cockerel is still a bit smaller (though has caught up a fair bit), maybe they have different traits from the different parent breeds.
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    7 week and 7.5 week photos below. I think I will put them outside in a week or so, in the run with the other hens but seperated so they can see each other, until they are around 18 weeks. Remaining hopeful on the older one being a pullet.
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    Thank you both @pipdzipdnreadytogo and @NatJ , not only for your thoughts on what they might be, but also your explanations which are really useful for a novice like myself. It sounds hopeful- I shall keep my fingers firmly crossed. I'll keep postng weekly until we are fairly sure and then try...
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    The cockerel is now up to 6 weeks, not quite fully feathered yet. The other one is 6.5 weeks now and looks pretty much feathered. Does anyone have any views on pullet or cockerel now we are at 6 weeks - I realise possibly still too early. Thank you!
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    Here we go. 5 and 5.5 weeks old now. One looks pretty well feathered up, but the definite cockerel still has a way to go still. He's still quite a bit smaller, though I guess some of that seems more as the other has more feathers. I will post again next Friday.
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    Thanks @NatJ - quite a few more weeks to go, though they will go outside in the not too distant future (a bit longer than would be normal with it being winter I guess). Thanks also @JedJackson - that's what I am hoping for. Time will tell but am keeping my fingers crossed!
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    One more week, so 4 weeks and 4.5 weeks old. The small one is definitely a cockerel, large comb going pink, wattles already starting to show. Not sure on the larger one, I guess it's still early really. They do appear to have picked up different traits, and the larger one which to me seem to...
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    I'll keep posting a phot a week, each Friday, if I can. The small one is 3 weeks now, the other 3-4 days older. The small one looks like it will be a cockerel as the comb is growing quite quickly and has a pink tinge already. It also had smaller wing feathers and no tail feathers. The other...
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    Thank you @pipdzipdnreadytogo . I bought the Barnevelder as a pullet so not sure on how quickly she feathered up. When they were born the one on the left hand the classic chipmunk stripe down the back and the one in the right was much lighter and less defined, but as a cross I wasn't sure if...
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    Cream Legbar x with Barnevelder

    Hello We have these two chicks that are a cross between a very young LF Cream Legbar and a Bantam Barnevelder. He would have fertilised the eggs at around 12-13 weeks, much before I had expected him to be mature. Anyway, these are the two chicks, both hatched by the Barnvelder and then...
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    17 week old Orpington - pullet or cockerel

    Thank you also @oldhenlikesdogs .
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    17 week old Orpington - pullet or cockerel

    Thank you @sourland - that's great to hear! They are my first ever hatch so still learning - everyone is so helpful here.
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    17 week old Orpington - pullet or cockerel

    Hello We've had what I thought was a pullet but now I am not sure. He / she will be 17 weeks tomorrow. She was hatched at the same time as a cockrel (the black orpington in these photos). The Cockerel is bigger and has much more developed wattle / comb etc but the blue orpington I thought...
  20. OakR

    Lighting for Off-Season Chicks

    Thank you very much @ChickyCh00k , this is really helpful.
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