The chicks would be sex linked because the mother is barred. However, I’m unsure if the head spot would be visible in the down of the chicks. For example, I had a leghornX roo over barred hens only one of the male chicks was decernable at hatch (he was grey) the rest of the male got the dominant...
I've been considering doing this so I can sell sexed Chocolate Orp Pullets. I need to find black Orps though. I have 3 chocolate hens and I'm going to get a Chocolate Trio on Monday.
I found out something interesting. You can get sex-links by putting a chocolate rooster over black hens of the same breed. Hens only need one chocolate gene for it to manifest, males need two.
You forgot that the non-barred male can't be dominant white. I bred a leghorn/mystery cross roo to barred Dominique and Dominique cross hens, only one roo in 3 hatched with a spot. The other two were solid yellow as chicks. When their second feathers came in, you could see faint barring in the...