Can you tell speckled sussex from cream legbar chicks?

[smileygreen64]

I just hatched my first cream legbar and speckled sussex chicks. I didn't know what SS chicks looked like until now. I was planning on selling some because I don't need all that I hatched but I can't tell the difference. Is there a defining trait I can look for to tell them apart?

 

[eggbert420]

Can you post picks?

 

[smileygreen64]

Can you post picks?

I can post some tomorrow. They havent all hatched yet. I didnt want to open the hatcher yet and I couldnt get good pictures through the door.

 

[rebrascora]

Cream legbars should be crested, Speckld sussex are not, but some crests take a while to become obvious. Speckled sussex should have white skin, legbars yellow. Again, not easy to identify in young chicks but should become apparent as they get a little older.

 

[duluthralphie]

As newly hatched chicks it is next to impossible to tell at a week of age it is easy. The SS will develop a reddish tint they will get "measles" like spots on them.

They will have a very yellow white chest. The crest will start to develop on the Legbars at this same time, they get a small Mohawk.

As far as new hatches go, I use a divider to keep the SS and the Legbars apart. BTW I have no problem telling my white legbars from the SS.

When you hatch use hardware cloth or plastic crafting type "hardware cloth" to keep the breeds separate. I only put breeds that are easy to tell apart in the same compartment.

Before mixing them either have a band (code) system set up or a toe punch system set up. You will make errors then too, they happen, a band falls off or something. Errors stink.

Good luck,

 

[smileygreen64]

Thank you. I will seprate them once I can tell the difference. Normally I do keep them seperate, this was just a blind mistake. I should have looked at some pictures of the Sussex before I put those eggs in the same section of my hatcher. Thanks for the advice.

 

[duluthralphie]

Thank you. I will seprate them once I can tell the difference. Normally I do keep them seperate, this was just a blind mistake. I should have looked at some pictures of the Sussex before I put those eggs in the same section of my hatcher. Thanks for the advice.

That happens to us all..

or we think we will remember what is in each compartment and don't... I call it senioritis.

 

[BantamLover21]

Cream legbars should be crested, Speckld sussex are not, but some crests take a while to become obvious. Speckled sussex should have white skin, legbars yellow. Again, not easy to identify in young chicks but should become apparent as they get a little older.

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[drumstick diva]

x 3

 

[duluthralphie]

You guys can see the crest on newly hatched chicks?


I need better glasses, I guess.