Sexing cream legbar cross

[Galli_marie]

• • Hi, I recently hatched 5 out of 6 blue eggs that were all supposed to be cream legbars. 4 came out as expected with 2 girls and 2 boys but one came out very different! I asked the company that I got the eggs from and they told me that one of their CL hens must have got in with their Marans cockerel for that chick to have come out of the blue egg and that I wouldn't be able to sex it until it was older. They are currently 2 weeks old and I suspect that it is a little roo. He has the yellow spot on his head, some serious thighs on him, his comb seems to be much bigger than the others but I don't know if that's because of the difference in breed. His behaviour seems to mirror that of the other two boys too because he squares up to them and is a bit of a bossy bird! Does anyone have any thoughts on the sexing of him please or do I need to wait longer?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Do you know what color the cockerel Marans was?
If the marans was NOT a cuckoo marans then that chick would be black sex linked and the headspot would mean its barred and male.

 

[Galli_marie]

Do you know what color the cockerel Marans was?
If the marans was NOT a cuckoo marans then that chick would be black sex linked and the headspot would mean its barred and male.

Thanks for the info. I don't know the colour of the cockerel. They didn't say but that info at least adds another point towards the probability of him being a boy.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Either way it would also be considered an olive egger.

 

[Galli_marie]

They said if it was a girl it would lay olive eggs. What would happen with a boy reproducing?

 

[drumstick diva]

Please let the chick do some growing - new photos at 6-8 weeks ????