She is gorgeous!!! I can't wait until my 3 are that size!This looks a little bit like my chick that I was wondering about (from Meyer/MPC). She is now 17 weeks and is pretty clearly a pullet now. But I had decided not to breed from her (at least for CLs, could use her for olive eggers), because of the question of her auto sexing clarity.
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I'm not sure her line. I had been trying to order chicks from Lancaster Fancy Fowl with no success, finally the owner called me. The hatchery has just been sold & they are in the process of changing hands. He just happened to have 5 pullets so I drove up yesterday and picked them up. He actually wasn't even there, so I couldn't ask questions. I am new to chickens (1st batch is now 24 weeks old) so I hadn't planned on breeding. I just think they are beautiful and wanted to add them to my mixed flock. Now, I'm just looking for a Cream Legbar Roo and my flock of 31 will be complete until someday when we build a new coop. If little "Grace" turns out to be a "he" I will not be disappointed. I'm just excited to have 3 Cream Legbars in my flock. He also had one Blue Double Laced Barnevelder that he was willing to sell me that I'm pretty excited about, so all in all the 6 hour trip was worth it.It is common for the JR line to be less distinct than some of the other lines out there. In my limited experience with the JR chicks, so far I have noticed that the females will have the female pattern but there are breaks in the line from head to back and they sometimes are a little less defined having a slight fuzzy look to the V and the head/neck stripe. Again my JR experience is very small and limited. Seeing the new pictures and then comparing them to my own JR chick pictures I am now more inclined to say she is indeed a pullet. Though sometimes chicks that are less defined can fool us. @angelathomas1 do you know if your chicks are Jill Rees line or other? Here is one of my JR pullet chicks that looks similar to the chick we are referring to that also had the break in the strip at the neck
If you look on the Cream Legbar Club website there is a membership directory, you may be able to locate some one close to you that might be able to help you out with a male. I wish you luck.
This looks like a cockerel, not a pullet. Males are gray and white barred females look different.No internet on the farm which is good in most cases, but here is the poullet. They're both really friendly and the color is a slim minority of the flock, so the are the ones I have gotten to know best consequently. Here she is:
Do you have a picture of that chick as a day old? I remember you said you have lots of chicks so it might be hard to go back and remember who was who.
Do you have a picture of that chick as a day old? I remember you said you have lots of chicks so it might be hard to go back and remember who was who.
He is definitely a cockerel though
Do you have a picture of that chick as a day old? I remember you said you have lots of chicks so it might be hard to go back and remember who was who.
He is definitely a cockerel though
