Is my chick ugly? Cream Legbar x Silver Spangled Hamburg

[halefamily_flock]

Aw, I missed him in Photo #1! Hey, I'm in SE MO, too, we're neighbors! Wasn't that snow something? We were in Cape early today at 55°F at 3 pm, when we got home at 5 it was 32! Brr! The dogs came in all wet like they'd been making snow angels! But.. I digress, sorry.

Yes, the snow was crazy. Chickens and dogs are sloppy messes lol

 

[Brooks_]

But wait, they're mine right?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

But wait, they're mine right?

Don't mind me, I talk to everybody at random. I'm old, that's my excuse. And getting older, I have a b'day coming up!

 

[halefamily_flock]

But wait, they're mine right?

If only you were a little closer lol

 

[KaseySnow]

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

 

[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.

 

[KaseySnow]

So cute! I think they came out great!

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

I think they're adorable!
I'm very interested to see what they look like as adults. Cross breeding is so exciting!

Me too! keep taking photo updates.

 

[Sambowling]

Beautiful chicks

 

[CreveChris]

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?

They're cute and you get blue eggs!