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The size can work when both parents are barred. When the mom is barred and the pop is not, the boys will hatch out barred and the girls will not. When the Pop is barred and the mom is not, all the chicks will be barred. Male birds are a ZZ chromosome while female are ZW. The barring does go closely with the Z which is why purebred males look white with black stripes while the females look black with white stripes.Beautiful chicks. Hopefully our genetics guru's on here can comment about their head spots. I know the size and shape of the spot can indicate whether you have boys or girls.