Help sexing chicks

[Cheviot]

Hi,
I hatched some cream legbar chicks, I thought it would be easy to sex the chicks, but I'm struggling to identify 2 of them.The one on the left is male, 2nd from the right is female, it's the other two I'm struggling with, on the photo the one on the right looks female, but the camera has made it look darker, in daylight it is the same as the one 2nd from the left. I think they maybe female but they don't have dark spots on their heads like the female one has, and they are not as dark.
This pic maybe shows the colours better.
Anyone able to help?
Thanks
Sue

 

[Davidd]

Hello, 3 females 1 male i think - not the best light in the pics
regards, David

 

[ncotb]

There is a saying male is pale, dark is dame (havent tried it myself as dont have these, just something I got told). Would think 3 & 1 but cant be sure.

 

[Anonymous]

i would say having hatched lots of cream legbars and had the same problem you have from top pic two girls on the right hand side and a boy on the left. the one in between could go either way. cant see the eyes on it but if it has a stripe over its eye its more likely female. no stripe i would say boy.
dont worry too much about the dot on the head as i have had plenty who still turn out to be ladies! go by the colouring and the dark/light down x

 

[podstable]

I ve only hatched one batch of these , they were much easier than yours look ! Ros

 

[Cheviot]

Hi,
Thanks for the input, I will cull the definate male, and leave the others, hopefully when they start to feather up I will know for sure. When I hatched the parent birds I didn't bother culling the males, they got through a huge amount of feed before they were fat enough to eat, and to be honest they weren't that great tasting, with the price of feed the way it is I don't want to keep any cockerals longer than necessary.
Regards
Sue

 

[Anonymous]

hi,

if you let him grow up i have found cream legbar cockerels very easy to find homes for due to them carrying the blue egg gene. you should get £10 no problem for him. i would have him off you but i dont know where you are.