Is our Cream Legbar a bantam?

[MadShananigans]

First of all let me say we are absolutely in love with this girl First time ever owning a Legbar. She is the sweetest girl, one of the first to run up to us for some attention!

She's 12 weeks, same age as the others. She's so tiny though compared to the others her age. Is this a typical Cream Legbar thing or is she a bantam?! She came from tractor supply. Is it normal to have runts in chicks like as in dog litters ( I'm just starting to dive into learning more about chickens instead of having only a couple running around the yard ).

A child is holding her in the picture of her face. Kind of gives an idea of size comparison to her hands.

Hi! Did your cream legbar ever catch up in size?

I have one that’s at the 5-week mark and she’s still barely more than half the size of her flock mates (australorp and marans). My understanding was that full-grown cream legbars were supposed to get within 0.5-1lb of a standard hens like the RIR so seems she should be closer in size now.

 

[McChooky]

I ordered 2 cream legbar cockerels from Murray McMurray .I also ordered 13 other chicks of other breeds ( 9 leghorns 2 amercunas and 2 welsummers) All of them are bigger than the legbars. They're 4 weeks old and half the size of the others.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Hi! Did your cream legbar ever catch up in size?

I have one that’s at the 5-week mark and she’s still barely more than half the size of her flock mates (australorp and marans). My understanding was that full-grown cream legbars were supposed to get within 0.5-1lb of a standard hens like the RIR so seems she should be closer in size now.

Sorry for the late reply, but she unfortunately passed away when she was still young. We will never know her full size.

 

[MadShananigans]

Sorry for the late reply, but she unfortunately passed away when she was still young. We will never know her full size.

Oh, no. I’m so sorry!!

 

[McChooky]

My legbar cockerels were smaller from day one but are growing good.They're 5 weeks old and appear to be doing just fine.