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Yes of course! I kept the one I believe to be female, though she has a good sized comb for her age,2 weeks old! (Her mom did too).😂 Recent photos of "Poppy":

From what I understand from my limited research is yes it would work with any yellow or white legged hen, but NOT with slate or grey legged hens. I have some silkie/ameraucana crosses in the same hatch that do not have this characteristic. You also have to look at the skin color of the chicks...

UPDATE: so these two chicks hatched a few days ago. Father is silkie and mother is orange legged leghorn cross. Can I assume the first chick (orange band) is female (skin is also black under the fluff) and the second one (yellow band) is male (skin is mostly pink with some black areas) based on...

Thank you so much @nicalandia, I appreciate your insight and expertise! 😊

I was just curious if any of you lovely chicken geneticists out on the forum know if crossing a silkie or other melanistic breed rooster to a standard hen with yellow or white legs always gives dermal sex linked chicks? Yellow legs to the cockerels and black legs to the pullets? Someone here...