Is my chick ugly? Cream Legbar x Silver Spangled Hamburg

[halefamily_flock]

For the past year, I've been experimenting with sex-linked and auto-sexing hybrids that lay colorful, predictable eggshell colors. Most have turned out really cool. This particular blue-egger hybrid wasn't on my list initially, but I had a lot of demand for blue eggs from people who wanted to buy my chicks. I currently only have 2 Cream Legbar laying hens. Breeding my Hamburg hens with Cream Legbar rooster doubled my capacity to produce blue-egger chicks. Here's what they look like...
(I'm presuming female on the left, male on the right but please let me know if you think I got the sex wrong)

The females aren't bad looking, although not the prettiest in the flock. I hatched 5 of them, with just this one male.

But I'm afraid the male chick is ...ugly. Maybe he will get prettier as he gets his feathers? What do you think? Am I being too critical of this sweet little one-day-old chick?

For comparison, here's what I get when I cross the same hen with my Golden Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben...

What do you think?

 

[CalBickieMomma]

Just gonna put this out there: There is no such thing as an ugly baby chicken .

 

[Brooks_]

For the past year, I've been experimenting with sex-linked and auto-sexing hybrids that lay colorful, predictable eggshell colors. Most have turned out really cool. This particular blue-egger hybrid wasn't on my list initially, but I had a lot of demand for blue eggs from people who wanted to buy my chicks. I currently only have 2 Cream Legbar laying hens. Breeding my Hamburg hens with Cream Legbar rooster doubled my capacity to produce blue-egger chicks. Here's what they look like...
(I'm presuming female on the left, male on the right but please let me know if you think I got the sex wrong)
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The females aren't bad looking, although not the prettiest in the flock. I hatched 5 of them, with just this one male.

But I'm afraid the male chick is ...ugly. Maybe he will get prettier as he gets his feathers? What do you think? Am I being too critical of this sweet little one-day-old chick?
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For comparison, here's what I get when I cross the same hen with my Golden Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben...
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What do you think?

YES, hideous. I feel it is my duty to take the two in the last pic...to spare the world of such creatures. If needed, I'll take them all.

 

[Chickenwingwing]

they're adorable! I would love one! Awwwww! Such smol sweethearts!!!!!

 

[Weeg]

Question, has anyone ever seen an ugly chicken?
Other then Turkens of course...

 

[AntiqueB]

They're all adorable fluffballs! I'd be happy with any of them!
And the blue eggs would make me happy, too!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

He is unique. And if you have created a new breed that breeds true, I'm going to suggest a breed name. Uniqua. You-NEEK-wah. You're welcome.

 

[halefamily_flock]

I wanna see what they look like when they get older! A unique cross.

Well, the little weirdo turned out to be the first rooster I sold, out of 20+. Here is what he looks like at 7 weeks (the one standing). Pretty handsome! Going to a new flock next week...

Here's how the little girl looks at 7 weeks

Here's my only other little boy of the same cross, hatched a week later. He was cute from the start

I think I might keep him and see what happens in F2.

 

[halefamily_flock]

@Mellowmalt @bill3607 @RoostersAreAwesome @Weeg @BigBlueHen53 @S_Drummond @Chickenwingwing @BrooksHatlen Thanks for playing! Sorry it took so long to get back. It's snowing in Southeast Missouri tonight!! (it took a minute to get things hunkered down at the farm) Here's the answer...

The first photo more accurately captures what he looks like in real life. The 2nd one is a little washed out. He reminds me of the Crows, guarding the wall, from Game of Thrones, with the pitch black feather coats lol. He's a sweetie though. I'll post pictures as he grows out.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

That chick is actually one of the more interesting looking ones to me.