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Nope! If the hens were barred, the sex linking should work. It works best on a black background because it's easier to tell the difference but any barring should work. Males hatch with a white spot on their head, females without. Males will be barred and females will not. it works because a female barred bird has only one copy of the barred gene and she can only pass it down to her sons.