Cream crested legbar day old

[HarrietB]

My Cream crested legbar hatched yesterday and I can't work out if its a hen or roo! I know the roos are supposed to be light grey and the hens to be brown and stripey but this chicks a bit in the middle, I will try and attach some pics if anyone can help. My gut says its a boy which is

a bit of a disappointment as its the only egg that was fertile out of 6!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Cute little chick, with the stripes that light and fuzzy I would vote boy right now also, but sometimes they fool you....

 

[HarrietB]

i looked into feather sexing the wings, on this little one the feathers are long and have two different legnths in them which would indicate a female just to add more confusion!

 

[donrae]

Do you have a better pic of the back?

You might also post this on the CCL thread in the "breeds, genetic and showing" section, that's where the experienced CCL folks hang out.

 

[HarrietB]

 

[DCchicken]

Are you sure this is not a cross with something else? Look at the eyeliner. On Legbars this should extend all the way to the beak. Do you a better picture of the side when the chick is fully dried? Legbars can have both brown and gray down.

 

[HarrietB]

when i bought the eggs the parents are show birds (coming second) so i dont think it could be a cross

 

[HarrietB]

and yes its over a day old so i think its fully dried

 

[chicken pickin]

That chick is not very distinct. I wouldn't use it for breeding since it might pass on the same hard to sex trait to offspring.

To me it looks more male than female. I would definitely post it on the legbar thread and get their opinions on it.

 

[BantamLover21]

At least going by color, I'm going to say its male. But I would still post on the Legbar thread and see what other people think.