Cream Legbars

[nadrojsack]

Here are my CL x goldline hybrid chicks at 2 weeks old, at what point will i be able to tell for sure which are cockerals?

Thankyou in anticipation of help.

 

[sol2go]

UPDATE
Here is chick 1 now at 7 weeks

And here is chick 2. She grew beautiful frizzled feathers.


It's kinda hard to believe that these are both half creme legbars.

What the hey! That is a crazy looking frizzle.

 

[XxMingirlxX]

Here are my CL x goldline hybrid chicks at 2 weeks old, at what point will i be able to tell for sure which are cockerals?

Thankyou in anticipation of help.

It will take a bit longer to know for sure, try getting clear headshots and posting those.

 

[dekel18042]

It will take a bit longer to know for sure, try getting clear headshots and posting those.

Here are my CL x goldline hybrid chicks at 2 weeks old, at what point will i be able to tell for sure which are cockerals?


If you want to be absolutely sure it's when they either crow or lay an egg. However when you have both sexes for comparison and spend time with them, I can usually start making educated guesses at 10 days on, depending on the individual chick. Some things to check and watch that will give you a clue. Tail development. I have some CL olive eggers and the girls' tails developed before the boys. Check out the comb, In short order you should notice a difference in color. The hens' will be smaller and paler in color, often flesh colored or pale creamy orange as opposed to the boys' darker combs. And then there is the behavior. Sometimes my comment when a chick is very young is that's going to be a boy and invariably it is. Of course there is the denial. It's a girl, right? It has to be a girl. And I'm blinded to all else I see.

Thankyou in anticipation of help.

 

[nadrojsack]

Brilliant advice regarding the comb.thankyou

 

[caychris]

I was looking at Cream legbar boy I kept and Im not seeing much sign of the wry tail issue anymore. But his comb and wattles are HUGE. I have another little guy, roughly 2 months now, and Im considering possibly holding off putting my boy with the girls till this one comes along and I can compare. But my current boy is about 22 weeks now. When I picked between the two the comb and wattles were not this huge. Is there something that happens at maturity in this breed that sets the Comb and wattles off on a growth spurt?

Has anyone else noticed late development in comb and wattles in these birds. Im just a little leery of holding off and the second is no better.

Im going to probably switch lines back to my original females line and try hatching out some more of her line. Or maybe Ill just go looking for some started birds. (My hatch results have been terrible)

He is a sweet boy though.

 

[BeachBumBiddies]

I was looking at Cream legbar boy I kept and Im not seeing much sign of the wry tail issue anymore. But his comb and wattles are HUGE. I have another little guy, roughly 2 months now, and Im considering possibly holding off putting my boy with the girls till this one comes along and I can compare. But my current boy is about 22 weeks now. When I picked between the two the comb and wattles were not this huge. Is there something that happens at maturity in this breed that sets the Comb and wattles off on a growth spurt?

Has anyone else noticed late development in comb and wattles in these birds. Im just a little leery of holding off and the second is no better.

Im going to probably switch lines back to my original females line and try hatching out some more of her line. Or maybe Ill just go looking for some started birds. (My hatch results have been terrible)

He is a sweet boy though.

Idk about other peoples Legbars but all of my lines have ALWAYS had huge combs.

 

[GaryDean26]

Idk about other peoples Legbars but all of my lines have ALWAYS had huge combs.

You mean like the English Brown Leghorn below?

 

[caychris]

You mean like the English Brown Leghorn below?

Pretty much
maybe a slight bit more wattles

 

[Scatterknit]

I got to meet KPenley!!!

And now I have the most beautiful little cockerel that I named "Andy" in honor of his home town. I guess we'll have to call him Anderson when he's a big important grown up rooster.

K, he slept on my lap all the way home.

I put him in his own coop in my garage, which I keep cooled down with fans. And picked out a friend for him so he would have a roommate and not be lonely - a little EE pullet his age - and I think they're going to get a suite mate today. He has such a nice personality. He's a little shy but curious. And such a beautiful straight comb and coloring!! He is a happy boy! I'll try to get a picture of him today.