Autosexing characteristics

[ALeyva]

I took fertile eggs to incubate of a Dominique roo to a New Hampshire Red hen and to an Easter Egger hen.
I have been able to determine gender in day old chicks in pure Dominiques due to the females having darker legs and beak.
Will this pass on in the mixed breed? They are hatching today and so far one has hatched (Dominique roo X EE hen) and it had very dark legs and beak.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I don't believe it will.
The reason it works with the pure Doms is because the barring gene also effects their shanks. The males have a double dose so theirs are lighter.
Your mixes will all only have one barring gene so the effect will be the same on both sexes.

 

[ALeyva]

I don't believe it will.
The reason it works with the pure Doms is because the barring gene also effects their shanks. The males have a double dose so theirs are lighter.
Your mixes will all only have one barring gene so the effect will be the same on both sexes.

Ok thank you

 

[nicalandia]

I took fertile eggs to incubate of a Dominique roo to a New Hampshire Red hen and to an Easter Egger hen.
I have been able to determine gender in day old chicks in pure Dominiques due to the females having darker legs and beak.
Will this pass on in the mixed breed? They are hatching today and so far one has hatched (Dominique roo X EE hen) and it had very dark legs and beak.

On this video you can see that the males with a headspot have dark shanks so you can expect both genders to have dark shanks at hatch