Oh dear, did she give me a roo???!!

[lancasterflock]

So I bought some cream legbar chicks from a lady up north. Well the other two look very true to female cream leg bars. But this “girl”....hmmm the Other two still seem to have pale faces with no redness to the waddle, lobes or face. And the coloring seems more like a roo to me as well? What do you guys think!!!??

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

How old?

 

[lancasterflock]

I’ve attached a few more pictures. The first few are pictures of the “legbar in question” and the last picture is a pic of the two females I believe off to the right and the questionable roo off to the left...

 

[lancasterflock]

How old?
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They are 10 weeks old or so I was told

 

[Trisseh]

I would say thats a cockerel. No salmon color on the breast, more barred coloration and cockerel specific color leakage over the shoulders... and that comb and wattles. Did you get them as baby chicks or when they were already feathering in?

 

[lancasterflock]

Another thing, if this DOES turn out to be a roo, I thought this was an auto sexing breed so she must have KNOWN it was a roo then!

 

[lancasterflock]

I would say thats a cockerel. No salmon color on the breast, more barred coloration and cockerel specific color leakage over the shoulders... and that comb and wattles. Did you get them as baby chicks or when they were already feathering in?

EXACTLY!!!! They were already started to feather in some so I couldn’t see the distinct markings! I think you are spot on, I thought the same thing about the breast coloring and leakage of copper on the shoulders !

 

[birdlover2]

These don't look like Cream Legbars, at least not full ones, they may be partially so, especially the ones with afros. They look more like Plymouth Rocks, especially your roo in question. They look to me like a Plymouth Rock hen, which explains her red wattles and comb, as Plymouth Rocks tend to have red combs and wattles, but they may yet turn out to be a roo, in which case you really got ripped off. Are roosters allowed in your area?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Than definitely a male.

 

[Trisseh]

EXACTLY!!!! They were already started to feather in some so I couldn’t see the distinct markings! I think you are spot on, I thought the same thing about the breast coloring and leakage of copper on the shoulders !

He’s a handsome dude though.
The one pullet doesn’t have very good colouring from my limited knowledge. Lol. But they’re both still really pretty. I have golden crele and not the cream so that’s where most of my research was focused, but the auto sexing and the difference in coloration in older birds is similar enough. I did read that some family lines aren’t as obvious in the down color difference so it may be an honest mistake... I would reach out to the seller and see what they say. will you be able to/want to keep him?