tinajharvey Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I have purchased two cream legbars to go with a sole chick I have. they both were quite dark when I got them but one is going very pale and has very light wing feathers. How can I tell if they are both girls as they look very different. I need help as I can not keep a cockerel. now about three weeks old but ~I cant find pictures on the net of what they look like as they grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Can you post some pictures here for us to mull over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Cream Legbars are an autosexing breed -if you have a look on The poultrykeeper website, there are some pics showing the difference between the male and female chicks. I hope they are girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I have 3 x 3 week old cream legbars yes as tweety says they are auto sexing the boys hatch with a light spot on the head and the girls are darker i know i hatched 2 cockbirds and one girl and now at 3 weeks the little girl has the start of her crest which sticks up and they boys still have their dot i would post pics but cant at the moment also the girl is darker on the body and the boys are lighter with a pattern on the wings where did you buy them from and did you tell the person you couldnt keep cockbirds leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 As they get older females should be brown and cream with a salmon chest and males will be more grey, cream and White Feathersite should have some good pics, they have pics if all breeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 In another couple of weeks, you'll know for sure anyway because when i hatched cream legbars, the cocks started the beginnings of a crow at 6 weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinajharvey Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 http://s1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc462/tinajharvey/?action=view¤t=IMG-20111029-00137.jpg Hers a link to a pic. hope this helps Thanks Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 http://s1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc462/tinajharvey/?action=view¤t=IMG-20111029-00137.jpg Hers a link to a pic. hope this helps Thanks Tina the one at the back is a boy but I don't think they look right for cream legbars I've made the link clickable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinajharvey Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 Thats the one I thought was turning out boyish. Thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I agree, the one at the back is a boy and they look not at all like Cream Legbars. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 heres a link for the legbar page http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Auto/BRKAutosex.html#AutoChix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I agree with others i would say they are not cream legbars they look nothing like mine leanne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinajharvey Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 Thanks guys. I'm not sure about them either but I was never too worried about brred only that they were girls. I have spoken to the person I got them from today and he is adamant that the boys would have a plae spot on their heads which these do not. He has assured me he will swop it if there is a problem so I will wait a bit for a definate girl/boy answer. Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 They would only have a spot on their head if they were cream legbars, which these aren't, so there will be no spot regardless of the sex. The main way to tell with non-autosexing breeds is the comb, and the one at the back has a much bigger comb than the others, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 There are links to really good photos on sexing male and female Cream Legbars from chick to pol size Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
