ROO OR NOT

[City Farmer Jim]

I'm going to ask most likely for the millionth time so I will apologize now. We have 2 Cream legbars what I REALLY thought were 2 pullets...here's the question: will a ROO "squat" like a laying hen does ? He/they are 8 to 9 months old and he has crowed once(weakly) that I can attest to. "He" has a full comb and wattles. We have not seen "him" try to mate, his "sister looks like all the rest of our 10 pullets/hens. "He's" really camera shy and won't give me a good picture. "He" does have a little feathered top knot. The "hen squat" has me confused doesn't seem to take much any more lol

 

[FrostRanger]

We would need some pictures especially since the bird in question is displaying contradictory behavior. A crest is a breed related trait and not a sexlinked trait unfortunately

 

[Rose the Legbar]

Cream Legbars should be able to be auto sexing as males are much lighter in color and have a head spot, while females have a clean chipmunk stripe and eye liner. Pictures as a week old chick would be helpful too in this case.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Crested Cream Legbar pullets and cockerels look nothing alike as far as their pattern.
If you don't want to post a pic do a Google search for them. It should be easy to see what yours is. Or also if it looks like your other one it's a pullet. If very different probably a cockerel.
Squatting or not means nothing to me as far as a hint to sex.

 

[Yard Farmer]

I've had some of my wimpy males squat before, it's just then submitting to you.

Male and female difference:
https://www.google.com/search?clien...QIHRhZCgEQtKgLegQIDxAB&biw=1366&bih=643&dpr=1

 

[The Chickens' Maid]

I don't know much about this breed, but if they're visually sexed and this one has crowed once, then you could just have a crowing hen. It happens

 

[City Farmer Jim]

We have decided that "he" is in fact a roo ...all the pictures we googled match him very well..we never purchase straight run and have no experience with roosters. Just seemed odd he would squat. Thank you so much for your help with this.

 

[Liberty-Chicken]

Legbars are auto sexing, it should be really easy to tell whether its a male or female just by the color. Some pictures would help

 

[Liberty-Chicken]

Male (left) Female (right)