Hatching out some splash Maran crosses

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

Any chance for auto sex chicks with any of these combinations by the way? I wasn’t sure if a splash Maran x Barred rock cross would produce sex linked chicks, being that the males would have indication of barring while the female chicks would not?
And what about the roosters foot feather gene? I noticed many (possibly all) of the roosters had inherited the foot feathers but no hens so far.

Yes, the cross with your barred rock hen will create sex links. All the chicks should be blue, with barred sons and solid daughters. However, blue is unfortunately more difficult to see the head spot and barring

I don't know how the feathered feet genes work. Hoping to hatch from my Marans hens this year.

Here are some other pictures of their offspring! We’ve only had this one rooster save for the silkie. But the silkie roo is unwelcome in the main flock. They all have looked primarily blue to me! I am fascinated by chicken color genetics but have zero clue how it all works or what to expect!

Some colors and patterns are very confusing, which makes it kind of fun when it starts making sense.

If interested - Blue (BBS, Blue Black Splash) is dilute of black.
1 copy of dilute = blue
2 copies = splash (inherit one from each parent)

*doesn't matter which parent is which color for BBS
Black x Black = all chicks black
Black x Blue = % black, % blue
Black x Splash = all chicks blue
Blue x Blue = % black, % blue, % splash
Blue x Splash = % blue, % splash
Splash x Splash = all chicks splash (color may lighten, I've heard?)

There are different types of dilute on black, but I'm just addressing BBS here