Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

[Finnie]

Oh, and you have just reminded me, I was taking photos of my newest CL chick yesterday, alongside one of my EEs, and I was also noticing that they are practically identical, except for their head markings, and now the EE has some color coming in on the neck. So it made me wonder if they didn't use CL as part of the mix in my EE. (Meyer- and they do have CLs, which they are apparently using in their Olive Egger program.)

However, I think with my two EEs, they probably just happen to have the "chipmunk" look, and the same initial wing feather pattern due to the common EE genetics. Seems most of them start out like that.

EE on the left, CL on the right, about 3 weeks old:

 

[A6chickenhome]

What breed was the male/female in this cross? If the female was the CL in the cross than the chicks will be sex linked identifiable by a head spot or not. If the cross was the other way around than it is not a sex link cross and you will have to wait to see who is male or female.

I believe wing sexing only works for certain breeds that are bred to maintain that characteristic, I don't believe that is reliable in mixed breeds.

All chicks spar and chest bump, not just males.

Thanks! The females are Austrolorp and the roo is CCL. So it isn't possible to tell by wing sexing or the head spot. One chick has a much larger comb and is turning red where the others haven't started to turn red yet. That is one of the chicks that I see sparring more often. Will it most likely be a rooster? I have also seen the adult rooster flaring at one of the chicks. Would he be more aggressive towards a male chick? He's also started herding the hens around a lot more and seems to be mating more often. The chicks are just a month old.

There is a lot of sparring going on so it is reassuring to know the pullets do it to. My last batch of hatchlings were all Roos.

 

[jerryse]

New pictures of my hybrids . Pullet is getting red comb . Close to laying . CL x crele EE . Single copy of beard , crest and pea comb .

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

New pictures of my hybrids . Pullet is getting red comb . Close to laying . CL x crele EE . Single copy of beard , crest and pea comb .

I love the tails on them! So far I have 1 pea combed bearded silver crele cockerel from my legbar x silver autosexing EE and a few gold crele pullets that are bearded, only 2 have crests

 

[speedy2020]

I have Bielefelder rooster x Cream Legbar cross chicks hatch early this morning. There are few more chicks in the incubator and the color about the same. I can't tell their sex and leaning toward all males or 3 darker one female, but not 100% sure. Hopefully, someone did make cross in the past can tell me.






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[Junibutt]

I have Bielefelder rooster x Cream Legbar cross chicks hatch early this morning. There are few more chicks in the incubator and the color about the same. I can't tell their sex and leaning toward all males or 3 darker one female, but not 100% sure. Hopefully, someone did make cross in the past can tell me.






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Wow they all look boys to me. But I don't have 20/20 vision either.

 

[ochochicas]

They do look like boys. Maybe the earlier ones are boys and the late hatchers are pullets.

Good luck!

 

[speedy2020]

I got 3 pullets out of 10. They can be sex right after hatch like pure Bielefelder or Cream Legbar. .

 

[Junibutt]

I got 3 pullets out of 10. They can be sex right after hatch like pure Bielefelder or Cream Legbar. .

Do you have pics of other 2 pullets? There is only 1 pullet here or possibly the middle one is doubtful.

 

[speedy2020]

Do you have pics of other 2 pullets? There is only 1 pullet here or possibly the middle one is doubtful.

The other 2 pullets look similar to the one at the right (chipmunk strip=pullet). I put all the chicks with the broody hen earlier today so can't take any more photo.