Need someone who can read barred head spots like tea leaves- Cream Legbar x Dominque chicks

[EmmaRainboe]

One boy, three girls!!!

I agree!

 

[halefamily_flock]

I agree!

I got lucky with 75% pullets! Now, the long wait to see what color eggs they will lay

 

[halefamily_flock]

At 6 weeks, it's clear who has a crest. The Legbar sire was heterozygous for crest and passed it to 50% of his offspring.


The Dominique dam was heterozygous for rose comb and passed it to 50% of her offspring. At this point, the 2 pullets look nearly identical. Here is a photo of one of the rose combed pullets.


Interestingly, neither of the 2 rose combed pullets got a crest. In a prior hatch, our only Dominique-Legbar chick (a cockerel) got a rose comb and a small crest. I'm pretty sure he is from a different hen, who may be homozygous for rose comb. Here he is around the same age.

 

[halefamily_flock]

Our girls are barely over 3 months old with red comb & wattles, already squatting for roosters! They're crazy friendly, so much that I can barely get a photo before they are too close, pecking on my phone/camera...

 

[halefamily_flock]

Just shy of 18 weeks old, I got my first mint green egg. It's the little one on the bottom, between blue & olive eggs.

 

[Birdnubie]

I came across this post looking for clues to sex my new chicks from an Australorp rooster and Dominique/EE/White Rock hens. This was such a fun post with adorable follow-up pictures. Thank you!