4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[tidygirlsuk]

I'm excited to say that I picked up my two new chickens today. Two Cream Crested Legbar Girls aged 1 day.

Edited June 22, 2009 by Guest

[Scramble]

aw, aw, aw , aw, pictures?

[tidygirlsuk]

Chick Pea pic 1 and Gwen the hen looking through the window

Chick Pea pic 2

 

Posh pic 1

Posh Pic 2

[Space Chick]

They are soooooo sweet

[sparkysmum]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, so beautiful. Enjoy Ax

[Griffin]

Erm............... they're both boys. Boy legbar chicks are light in colour with a white head spot, girls are darker with much more defined chipmunk markings on their head & back.

 

Girl:

 

Boy:

[tidygirlsuk]

I phoned my breeder this morning and he said that hes sure that they are pullets. But said to bring them back at 6 weeks and he will change them if they are not including the one that I hatched myself. My two new girls do look a little different to the one that I hatched.

[sjp]

very nice either way

can I ask were you got them from as its one of the breeds I'm concidering

[tidygirlsuk]

It's about 1 hour drive from me. http://www.poultrypark.com/

[Redwing]

To me it is clear that they are boys, this is an autosexing breed so the boys and the girls are clearly different

[Cooks]

very cute chicks but even to me (who knows very little about sexing of chicks etc) they shout boy CCLB

[bellekatz]

And me I'm afaraid

[BeckyBoo]

Yes, I agree - I hatched a cream legbar last year - they look like bumble bees - very definite stripes if they're girls. I'd take them back before you get too attatched - and before the breeder changes his mind - if he's any good at all he would quite clearly have known they were boys - I hope he wasn't trying to pull a fast one on you

 

BeckyBoo

[sjp]

It's about 1 hour drive from me. http://www.poultrypark.com/

thanks for the link its one I've already got book marked is it worth a visit and is it easy to get too

[*mummy_hen*]

It's about 1 hour drive from me. http://www.poultrypark.com/

thanks for the link its one I've already got book marked is it worth a visit and is it easy to get too

 

 

Omg - this place is less than an hour from me and i didn't even know about it....not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing

[Redwing]

If it was me I would be watching the outcome of this case before I went there

[Lewis]

Great pictures, I like the hen in the background of the first picture

 

They do look like typical boys, but I'd trust the breeders

[Autumn]

If they are pure bred, they are most definately boys i'm afraid, I breed CCLB's and the boys are always pale, the girls have well defined stripes. I would be inclined to swap them now before you get attached to them and the breeder changes their mind. x

[tidygirlsuk]

If they are pure bred, they are most definately boys i'm afraid, I breed CCLB's and the boys are always pale, the girls have well defined stripes. I would be inclined to swap them now before you get attached to them and the breeder changes their mind. x

 

 

I called a nice gentle man yesterday that is high up in the poultry world and I described my boy hatch and two new girls and he thought girls. He said some strains of legbar the girls can be paler and have small yellow spot on head. I also had a private message from someone who hatches cream legbars and she said that some of hers have been hard to sex (paler, yellow spot ect..) and she had a photo of a girl chick which looks like mine too. I wish people could see them in person as the two new ones are very different to my boy hatch.

[feemcg]

Hi Claire, just found this thread with your pics.....I must say I think they're both boys now that I've seen them . Although the girl in my pic that you found was paler and had a yellow head spot she still had a dark eye line and defined stripe on her back....I'll try and post some more pics shortly.

[feemcg]

These are poorly bred CL's.....top left is a girl (with breathing difficulties that died), the other 3 are boys showing all different colours. The pale chick with yellow head spot is most typical of a CL boy, but the grey/black and red one's are just wrong.

 

Edited June 21, 2009 by Guest

[Chucky Mama]

They are adorable but what are you going to do now as they seem to be boys (I am again amazed at the wealth of knowledge on this forum).

[feemcg]

Girls.....with the paler chick top right that you were referring to

 

 

Boys

 

[tidygirlsuk]

They are adorable but what are you going to do now as they seem to be boys (I am again amazed at the wealth of knowledge on this forum).

 

 

I've decided to wait till they are 6 weeks old like the breeder asked me to, as he will swap the cream legbar boy that I hatched too.

 

I will keep you all posted. Thank you for everyones support. This has been one big head ache.

[Scramble]

just looked back on this, hope they're girls can't vote either way I haven't got a clue!

 

I like the name Chickpea btw... I think I've heard it somwhere before ↓