Mystery chipmunk

The yellow spot indicates it has barring. It doesn't indicate that it's a male unless it's a sex link which I don't believe it is.
Maybe a bielefelder. iDK
Cream legbars are sex linked.
We'll just have to wait until it grows up. Yes I know head spots mean it has barring.
 
Cream legbars are sex linked.
We'll just have to wait until it grows up. Yes I know head spots mean it has barring.
No, cream legbars are auto sexing. Both sexes are barred.
Some sex links are sexed by whether they have a head spot or not.
Cream legbars are sexed by the diluted pattern that two copies of barring causes on the male chicks.
You said the head spot indicated the chick was a male. That is most likely not the case. At least it's not the case just because it has a head spot.
Hate for the OP to believe that and prematurely get rid of the chick thinking it has to be male.
 
I'm guessing it's one of these:
https://hoovershatchery.com/rainbow.html
"The Rainbow is a dual purpose bird that has one of the most unique feather color patterns you will ever see. It has every color you can imagine and no two birds look alike...."

The chick photo includes several striped ones, and the adult photo includes some with barring.
Rainbow Ranger is a possibility too.
 
I'm guessing it's one of these:
https://hoovershatchery.com/rainbow.html
"The Rainbow is a dual purpose bird that has one of the most unique feather color patterns you will ever see. It has every color you can imagine and no two birds look alike...."

The chick photo includes several striped ones, and the adult photo includes some with barring.
Yep, I was just looking at that page too. Those were not on the chick ID page so I was going through the darker breeds and saw the Rainbow.

Maybe the Partridge Chantecler is a possibility??
 
So a yellow spot is also a barring marker, correct? And not just a sex link marker.

Yellow head spot is a marker for barring, usually yes.*

When head spot is a sex marker, it is because it indicates barring.

The barring gene is on the Z sex chromosome, which means that certain crosses of chicken breeds can produce chicks where the males are barred (with head spot) and the females are not barred (no head spot.)


*I say head spot usually indicates barring, rather than always, because I've seen a few chicks that had lighter spots on their heads but were not barred. One was a Splash Laced Red Cornish bantam, another was a Red Shouldered White Yokohama, I think there have been a few others as well.
 

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