Cream Legbar

[GibsonFamilyFarm]

I have been hatching cream legbar eggs recently. I have three hens and one roo.
In my last big hatch I had two solid colored ones hatch.
Someone purchased hatching eggs from me and this is one of the chicks which is like the other two I previously hatched.
All my of my cream legbars are from hatcheries.
Is this normal? I’m assuming it’s a boy?
Any info/help would be great! Thanks!

 

[JedJackson]

It's too young to tell the gender. Autosexing won't work with white birds.

If you're sure that there is no possibility that another bird could have bred with your hens, then it is probably the product of hidden color genetics in both parents combining and then becoming dominant and expressing themselves in a few of the offspring. The chick looks pure white to me, and there are white Legbars out there.

 

[The Moonshiner]

It's a "frost".
It will mature as a white bird. They happen when both parents carry recessive white and both pass that gene to an offspring. More common in some lines then others.
And no guarantee it's a male. Ive hatched them before and couldn't ever sex them as chicks.

 

[JedJackson]

It's a "frost".
It will mature as a white bird. They happen when both parents carry recessive white and both pass that gene to an offspring. More common in some lines then others.
And no guarantee it's a male. Ive hatched them before and couldn't ever sex them as chicks.

You said it so much better than I could. Thanks!

 

[GibsonFamilyFarm]

Thank you all so much!
There definitely hasn’t been any possibility that the hens have been with another rooster. They have only ever been with him and their enclosure is secure. I wish I could figure out which hen it is. All are from the same hatchery and I got them together.

I have four “frost” or “sport” as they were called at TSC. They aren’t laying yet.
Would they theoretically produce white chicks with my cream legbar rooster since they are already white and he may carry the gene?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Since they're frost they will pass the recessive white gene to their offspring. Since your rooster has produced frost chicks but isn't frost himself he carries one recessive white gene but not two. That means he has a 50% chance of producing white chicks when bred to your white hens. The other 50% will look normal but all will carry one copy of recessive white.

 

[GibsonFamilyFarm]

Since they're frost they will pass the recessive white gene to their offspring. Since your rooster has produced frost chicks but isn't frost himself he carries one recessive white gene but not two. That means he has a 50% chance of producing white chicks when bred to your white hens. The other 50% will look normal but all will carry one copy of recessive white.

Thank you very much for the info! I appreciate it!