Cream Legbars

[sarahdee]

I would say cockerel . Look at the breast color . Salmon for female and black for male .

So, I had a pullet (at hatch the color said so, anyways) that is actually a cockerel

 

[jerryse]

So, I had a pullet (at hatch the color said so, anyways) that is actually a cockerel

Cull that one . You want accurate auto sexing .

 

[sarahdee]

The top chick looks like a cockerel.

Do you have pics when it was a day old? And also now at this age standing on its own?

Did you hatch these from your own stock or buy hatching eggs or chicks?

Not sure which of the darker ones was the one that ended up with the big comb, but the pale one is the one sold to me as a cockerel. I bought my chicks from a local guy.



Combed chick in question is on the left.

 

[sarahdee]

Cull that one . You want accurate auto sexing .

Oh goodness, lol! I'm a first time chick momma, this is going to be hard! Any tips?

 

[chicken pickin]

Oh goodness, lol! I'm a first time chick momma, this is going to be hard! Any tips?

Cull doesn't necessarily mean to kill. You can rehome him to someone looking for a male for their flock. I would suggest advertising him as a mix breed cockerel so know one else is tempted to use him for breeding.

 

[sarahdee]

Cull doesn't necessarily mean to kill. You can rehome him to someone looking for a male for their flock. I would suggest advertising him as a mix breed cockerel so know one else is tempted to use him for breeding.

Oh good! I wasn't ready to do that!!!

 

[chicken pickin]

Not sure which of the darker ones was the one that ended up with the big comb, but the pale one is the one sold to me as a cockerel. I bought my chicks from a local guy.



Combed chick in question is on the left.

My guess is it was the dark chick on the left since it doesn't have distinct lines going up its head, it was more fuzzy.

Cull that one . You want accurate auto sexing .

I completely agree. You do not want to breed forward any chicks that are not easily sexable at hatch, those should be culls.

 

[XxMingirlxX]

Cull doesn't necessarily mean to kill. You can rehome him to someone looking for a male for their flock. I would suggest advertising him as a mix breed cockerel so know one else is tempted to use him for breeding.

I agree with you points however the definition of cull is kill, lol

If you are not interested in breeding you can keep him, you can re home him, I do agree with chicken pickin, if you do resell advertise as a mixed breed

 

[Flaming Chicken]

Probably depends on how close the confinement is and the inherent aggressiveness of the roosters involved. The Cream Legbars seem to be a bit more communal than other breeds.

In fact, its one big happy family at my house. When one starts to crow they all feel like they need to join in and it can be quite a crow-fest!... 'No I can crow louder, see?' I pretty much see all of the roosters partaking in the gene pool. I currently (and this is not ideal--I really need to cull down real soon) have 4 boys (1 1/2 year old plus thee 8 month olds) all pastured together with most hens, then a pen of a 1 1/2 year old and 8 month old with 3 hens and another solo roo, no hens and my last pen with 1 roo and 2 hens. Its very interesting, the group with the layer flock has more or less divvied up the hens and one will follow a subset around as the hens forage and scratch. Three of the roos sleep in the hen house with the majority of the girls and then I have one who roosts in a tree where a few pullets insist on sleeping. Not to mention the 3 in the barn awaiting their fate..wow that's 10 roos! Better than the 13 I had a month ago I guess!

In the side pen with the 2 roos--the 1 1/2 year old is top-roo but occasionally he will let the other mount a hen and breed. Yesterday I watched as 2 of the hens shared a nest and were trilling and cooing very loudly and both roosters joined in and hovered over them until they were done. One big happy.

I rehomed a couple of noisy Breda roosters. It apparently was too quiet so for a few days one of the Breda hens was crowing.

 

[sarahdee]

My guess is it was the dark chick on the left since it doesn't have distinct lines going up its head, it was more fuzzy.

I completely agree. You do not want to breed forward any chicks that are not easily sexable at hatch, those should be culls.

Thank you for all the help! I am planning to breed, so this little guy will be finding a new home!