It does. I had four chicks hatched from the mating of a Silver Phoenix roo and Barred Rock hen, three cockerels and one pullet. All three cockerels looked like ghosty barred BR pullets with longer tails and the pullet was solid black with the shape of a Phoenix hen, just lovely. Also I have...
Yep, Caroline's kids again. Debbie, it seems that the boys all get lots of gold in their feathers whether they're black or blue and the girls do not. It's like they have a sexlinked characteristic where the boys have traits of the mother (Caroline's buff) and the girls similar to their father...
Well, we both very well know what she meant, don't we, Wolf? However, I would say gender myself since one of it's dictionary meanings is "sex".
Your guesses seem pretty good, Debbie. The Ameraucanas I cant see the combs on. If the comb is raised, wide/thick, you can bet its a cockerel on the...