Help Sexing Welsummer x Cream Legbar

[mrsgreen663]

My first time breeding this cross. Am I correct that my only male is the one at the bottom left with the head spot?
Is the different down colour an indicator as well? He has different coloured stripes to the others.

Thank you in advance.

 

[McChooky]

Males don't have the dark v shaped stripe that starts on top of the head and continues down the back like a female. They also don't have as much 'eye liner' around the eyes(female below)

 

[mrsgreen663]

Males don't have the dark v shaped stripe that starts on top of the head and continues down the back like a female. They also don't have as much 'eye liner' around the eyes(female below)

That is only for pure bred Welsummers and pure bred Cream Legbars.

I’m wanting feedback from those who have bred this cross before.
My understanding is they should be sex-links, with only the male chicks having the barring gene and should therefore have a head dot. I’m wanting to know if this is a reliable indicator, and if the colour difference is a factor as well.

 

[McChooky]

Did you breed a welsummer rooster to a legbar hen? The males would get one copy of the barred gene from the hen . Crossing them the other way around (Legbar rooster over a welsummer hen)the rooster would passes the barred gene down to both (you wouldn't have sex links)

 

[mrsgreen663]

Did you breed a welsummer rooster to a legbar hen? The males would get one copy of the barred gene from the hen . Crossing them the other way around (Legbar rooster over a welsummer hen)the rooster would passes the barred gene down to both (you wouldn't have sex links)

Yes, Welsummer Roo over Cream Legbar hens.