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White barring on the feathers will of course show up as the feathers grow in. But the barring gene will cause a light spot on top of the head of some chicks when they hatch. It is usually easy to see on black chicks (Barred Rocks), much harder to see on light colored chicks (Delawares), and on...

In that case, I would say the Welsummer-mix chick with dark legs should definitely be a female, and the others are probably male but I would double-check in a few weeks just in case the leg color changes. For chicks from a Blue Cuckoos hen, your logic sounds right to me (white head spot means...

I would start by double-checking the leg colors of all the parents. But yes, if the father has dark skin and the mother has light skin, I would expect black skin on daughters and light skin on sons (although the genes that cause certain feather colors can also mess with the leg color in a few...