Cream Legbars

[TammyTX]

I purchased some CL eggs on eBay several months ago. They arrived filthy and I had that "I've been screwed" feeling from the beginning. Two hatched.

One is a CL (male, of course) the other appears to be a sex-link (male, too) so I'm guessing a black roo in with the CL hens (he hatched from a blue egg).

Now that my little CL roo is growing and his legs are bright yellow....I'm seeing pale gray feather nubs, not full feathers. These eggs were supposedly out of the Greenfire line.

CL's don't have feathered legs, right?

 

[KPenley]

I purchased some CL eggs on eBay several months ago.  They arrived filthy and I had that "I've been screwed" feeling from the beginning.  Two hatched.   One is a CL (male, of course) the other appears to be a sex-link (male, too)  so I'm guessing a black roo in with the CL hens (he hatched from a blue egg).

Now that my little CL roo is growing and his legs are bright yellow....I'm seeing pale gray feather nubs, not full feathers.  These eggs were supposedly out of the Greenfire line.

CL's don't have feathered legs, right?  

No, CL's should not have feathered legs. but one line seems to have a few random feathers at hatch then they fall out later. hopefully someone with them will chime in

 

[soldier]

I was out sitting with my flocks this morn and noticed while sitting there with my CL hen(1year old) and a pullet(17/18weeks old) that my pullets are significantly bigger than my hens. I took a few pics though I don't know how well it captured the size difference. I really need to get a scale. Even this years cockerel seems much larger and stockier than his father.

Here are a few of the hen and pullet. The hen on the left, the pullet on the right.

WOW, that is odd. Did you raise the hen or buy her. The pullet looks to be normal size and hen smaller

 

[GaryDean26]

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Good choice to not breed this one. She probably has a chemical imbalance. We had a Marans pullet with a big masculine comb like that. We put her in isolation in one of the conditioning pens next to our bedroom window and she was defiantly trying to crow every morning. It sounded about like the little 6 week old CLB cockerels do when they are trying to crow, but it was a crow none the less. After 2 month in her own pen she still hadn't laid a single egg so we made soup. We checked inside and she had the organs for egg production (was defiantly a hen), but there was no egg development going on at all. We would have never seen an egg from our Masculine Marans hen.

You have some nice pullets in this year's group. Very nice.

 

[chicken pickin]

WOW, that is odd. Did you raise the hen or buy her. The pullet looks to be normal size and hen smaller

I bought the hen and another last year as young pullets. The hens are the mothers to the pullets. This year was my first year breeding hatching and growing out my own CL. I'm glad I am seeing an increase in size. I'm done hatching for the year so here's hoping next year brings bigger and better things

All if us are making great progress!!! Let's keep up the good work.

@lonnyandrinda your CL flock is looking amazing.

 

[lettie92]

Hi there not sure if this is the correct place to post this but can anyone help me on sexing these cream legbar chicks as i have never hatched them before. Heres a few pictures of the group and one on its own.

Thanks

 

[Ashdoes]

With the defined V, they are female, even with the tiny white spot. Boys have big, splotchy blonde patch where a female has the V. Looks like all girls...

 

[lettie92]

Ok then thank you yes i thought that with the white spot were all males at first but thats good to know that the females may have a little white spot so all the the dark V on the head are female and the lighter less defined V and big blonde spot are males

 

[chicken pickin]

I agree with Ashdoes. From what chicks I can see in the group picture they do all look female, defined eyeliner and V on head and defined chipmunk markings on back.

Males have blurry non distinct marking with a large head splotch.

 

[enola]

I agree with Ashdoes. From what chicks I can see in the group picture they do all look female, defined eyeliner and V on head and defined chipmunk markings on back.

Males have blurry non distinct marking with a large head splotch.

You are so lucky! Everyone else is hatching a high ratio of males............