Autosexing CLBs

[Chuckkeeper]

Hi all.
Help please!
I have 6 cream legbar chicks at 1-3 weeks old.
I am getting really confused with how to sex them. This is so my luck when I paid more for autosexing chick eggs!
I thought the solid distinct stripe was a girl (which seems to agree with my online readings) but a very very very very experienced CLB breeder has advised me that a cream dot on the head means girl and no dot means boy and ignore everything else?
I am looking for definitive signs of boy/girl?
Thanks

 

[ackie]

does autosexing just mean easy to identify sex at hatch?

 

[Chuckkeeper]

does autosexing just mean easy to identify sex at hatch?

Apparently so!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Yes. I will mark the pics. I’m seeing more boys then girls.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

First girl.
Second boy.
Third boy.
Fourth girl.
Fifth boy.
Sixth boy.
Seventh girl.

 

[ackie]

I mean that's 50/50 essentially since it's an odd number of chicks.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I mean that's 50/50 essentially since it's an odd number of chicks.

Yup. Three females, four males is around the average hatch rate.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

Yup. Three females, four males is around the average hatch rate.

Thanks! Just had another one hatch... Also white spot on head. Male?

What are you looking at to choose whether m/f?

Annoyingly the very quiet, weak one is one of the (rare!) girls too. This isn't going to plan!

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

Autosexing means that chicks can be sexed by pattern at birth. This trait is passed down to future generations, unlike that of sex-links.

White dot on the head + 'blueish' and red = cockerel
Chipmunk stripes + no dot = pullet.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

Thank you. This was my understanding. I am most confused as to why the breeder has advised that a dot on the head = girl.

Autosexing means that chicks can be sexed by pattern at birth. This trait is passed down to future generations, unlike that of sex-links.

White dot on the head + 'blueish' and red = cockerel
Chipmunk stripes + no dot = pullet.