Mystery chipmunk

[wolfwalker]

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Just went back through hatching pics of my Welsummer's. This chick is very close to a match for my male Welsummer as a chick

 

[SnapdragonQ]

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.

Thank you!

 

[SnapdragonQ]

So not a double laced Barnevelder then? Bummer. It looks like the Barnevelder minus the yellow mark.