Darn. So can someone help me with why their colors aren't as dramatically sex linked? I thought the RIR solid over a barred hen would produce an obvious difference at hatching? My first RIRxCCL weren't either, both were chipmunk colored one lighter one darker. This year both chimpmunk, similar...
My broody CCL hatched out the chicks roughly 7 weeks ago. Two were her own eggs, one a Wyandotte. The rooster is either a RIR or RIRxCCL from a previous hatch. I've included a picture shortly after hatching, the two redder chipmunk chicks are the CCL eggs and the darker is the Wyandotte. I'm...