Cream Legbar .. Rooster… right?

[Juju2773]

Hi All, I have 3 cream leg bars. Two are definitely female and I have always thought this one was a Rooster, but he is 6 months old exactly and his comb is still so small and he hasn’t gotten any streamer feathers in his tail. Anyone familiar with this breed? I’m actually hoping he is a rooster. At 6 months… is this normal? He is very friendly, so are the females. Here are a few photos.

 

[The Chickens' Maid]

oh yeah, that looks like a boy. I'm not familiar with this breed but the saddle feathers rarely lie

 

[Juju2773]

oh yeah, that looks like a boy. I'm not familiar with this breed but the saddle feathers rarely lie

Thanks! I was hoping so. He is beautiful and super friendly. It seems like my other breeds got streamer feathers and bright big combs way sooner than 6 months so I was beginning to think he was a hen.

 

[The Moonshiner]

That is a cockerel

 

[WaterfowlsPoultry]

cockerel

 

[The Moonshiner]

Thanks! I was hoping so. He is beautiful and super friendly. It seems like my other breeds got streamer feathers and bright big combs way sooner than 6 months so I was beginning to think he was a hen.

That is surprising that he doesn't have a larger comb and more of his male specific feathers. Legbars are not a slow maturing breed by a long shot.
As you can see though he has a totally different pattern then the pullets. That pattern doesn't lie. It's the male pattern.

 

[Jojo123ie]

Hi,

This is mine 21 weeks hen, just started laying, you can compare.

 

[Juju2773]

Hi,

This is mine 21 weeks hen, just started laying, you can compare.

So that means mine should be laying soon. Yay! I can’t wait! Nice egg boxes.

 

[Juju2773]

That is surprising that he doesn't have a larger comb and more of his male specific feathers. Legbars are not a slow maturing breed by a long shot.
As you can see though he has a totally different pattern then the pullets. That pattern doesn't lie. It's the male pattern.

For sure he is different in pattern. He was a light golden colored chick so I knew he should be a male. But I found a posting somewhere awhile back that someone had a chick with all the male colorings and patterns in the feathers and it turned out to be a female. So I’ve been on the fence based off of his tiny comb but maybe he’s a late bloomer.