Does anyone know how to sex cream legbar chicks?

[eggsrcool]

I own two cream legbars, and I hatched out one of their eggs, still 3 more to go (2 weeks!!!) and I was wondering how to sex them, as they are auto-sexing. What should I look out for? I would add a picture if I could find the camera... It's not purebred, but has the markings of a legbar, would it make much difference? The mother is a cream legbar and the father is a mixed breed. Any ideas would be great!

Thanks!

 

[Chicken Ninja]

If they are like sex links, then there should be some drastic coloring difference between the males and females.

For example, red or golden sex links. The females are dark reds/browns all over, with splashes of white/light browns. The males are white/light brown with splashes of dark. This makes them very easily distinguishable, and sexing becomes basically 100% accurate.

There should be something like this, if this is what you meant by auto-sexing. Posting pics would help.

 

[eggsrcool]

Unfortunately I can't find my camera, but I'll try to explain it as best I can. It is brown with a darker brown stripe from the top of its head to the bottom of its tail. It then has a lighter brown colour next to the stripe. Its growing its adult feathers, which are grey.

 

[Nicola]

http://www.legbars.co.uk/creamlegbar.html

 

[eggsrcool]

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Thanks! All I need now is a picture of the male chick from above, but from what I can see, it's a girl!