day old welsummers

[elliechooks]

Any ideas from the top view?

managed to get a few faces

 

[Veer67]

On the second picture the one farthest left looks like a cockerel. Could you get some individual pictures?

 

[elliechooks]

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I think that I have 2 girls, but would love other opinions. Thanks

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Your chicks are far too young to sex. Take some more photos in 5-6 weeks.

 

[Wyandottes7]

Your chicks are far too young to sex. Take some more photos in 5-6 weeks.

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[Veer67]

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Rooster
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rooster
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Pullet
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rooster
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pullet

I think that I have 2 girls, but would love other opinions. Thanks

These are just my guesses, they are still young and might change. Plus, I'm not exactly that good at Sexing Welsummer chicks from coloring.

 

[elliechooks]

I know they are very young, and I will be able to tell at around 4 weeks when the chest feathers come in but Welsummers are supposed to be sexable at day old so I just wanted to try.
Thanks Veer67, that's what I thought too, so if you are wrong, we both are!

 

[ellahere]

I hatched 7 welsummers a year ago and ended up with 4 cocks, 3 hens. They are sexable even from hatch; the blonder ones are deffo cocks. So, at a guess (assuming your pics are under a white light, not red) I would say from the top pic that the one second from the right is a cock. That photo from above is perfect. The darkest ones will be hens. The thing is, as they get to a couple weeks old, the colouring changes just slightly and they all look quite brown-ish. So it can be easier to tell sex from a very early age, before the feathers come through. Keep on posting pics, I love Welsummers! As they get older, the cocks will turn quite red, whereas the hens will stay quite barred/brown/pheasant type colours. The cocks are absolutely beautiful birds but very vigorous. We ate ours at 5 months and they were 4lb apiece and delicious.

 

[Veer67]

I hatched 7 welsummers a year ago and ended up with 4 cocks, 3 hens. They are sexable even from hatch; the blonder ones are deffo cocks. So, at a guess (assuming your pics are under a white light, not red) I would say from the top pic that the one second from the right is a cock. That photo from above is perfect. The darkest ones will be hens. The thing is, as they get to a couple weeks old, the colouring changes just slightly and they all look quite brown-ish. So it can be easier to tell sex from a very early age, before the feathers come through. Keep on posting pics, I love Welsummers! As they get older, the cocks will turn quite red, whereas the hens will stay quite barred/brown/pheasant type colours. The cocks are absolutely beautiful birds but very vigorous. We ate ours at 5 months and they were 4lb apiece and delicious.

I find it easier to sex Welsummers at 5 weeks or older, they should be mostly feathered by then and males are easily distinguished from pullets.

The Mae is on the right and the pullet on the left.