Is this a Crested Cream Legbar?

ButternutSquashi

In the Brooder
Jul 8, 2024
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Hi, this is my first post besides my introduction, so if you have any advice if this isn't a great post, I would surely appreciate it. I also apologize for the terrible pictures, we have a heatwave over here, so they all want to be in the shade. So, I have 3 CCLs that I got from a feed store called the Country Store. They were supposed to be 3 day old sexed chicks when I got them, so if that was correct, they should be exactly 18 weeks old today. I'm pretty sure they're all pullets, but I'm having doubts one of them is a CCL. My girl Sunny has been different from the other 2 as soon as she was a couple weeks. Her feathers are very light and silvery on top and more of the light brown/tan on her belly(I don't know if that's what they're called on chickens
😅
). She is also a little bigger and more round than my smaller and sleeker Twiggy and Sophie, although it's hard to tell in pictures. The biggest thing I noticed is that she doesn't have a crest. Twiggy and Sophie have a cute little tiny crest, but Sunny's head is as smooth as a baby's. All three of my CCLs have a very tiny comb, especially compared to the rest of my flock. Her pictures aren't great, but Sunny has yellow feet like the other two.

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Sunny is the light grey one. The snoopy one next to her is my Barred Rock Miss Priss.

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Again, Sunny is in front. Directly behind her is my Lavender Orpington Sapphira. To the right and behind her is one of my other Crested Cream Legbars, Twiggy. Twiggy is lighter than Sophie, but still has the general color scheme, unlike Sunny.

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Same as the last photo, just from a slightly different angle so I thought they might be easier to see.

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This is just for reference, but this is Sophie. She has the larger crest between her and Twiggy. She also is the one staring into the camera's soul.

If these photos aren't good enough, I can try and get some more later this evening when it isn't so hot and they're more likely to come out. Thank you all in advance!
 
She's not a CCL. She's lighter because she's blue which CCLs aren't.
She does show signs of the duckwing pattern so my guess is she's some sort of "hybrid" mix some hatcheries are into selling.
I did see one not long ago that looked similar that was said to be an olive egger.
I'm not guessing on what she is but you're correct she's not a CCL.
 
She's not a CCL. She's lighter because she's blue which CCLs aren't.
She does show signs of the duckwing pattern so my guess is she's some sort of "hybrid" mix some hatcheries are into selling.
I did see one not long ago that looked similar that was said to be an olive egger.
I'm not guessing on what she is but you're correct she's not a CCL.
Thank you! I figured she wasn't a CCL, but I wanted input from more experienced chicken farmers. They were also selling Olive Eggers there, so who knows, maybe one got mixed up🤣
 

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