Help! Please! 6wk old hatchery chicks.

[Chickie-lu-22]

On May 31st, picked up our 7 ordered female chicks from Meyer Hatchery. Today, they are 6 weeks old. Unfortunately, I believe we have a rooster or 2 or 3 in the bunch of 7!!!!!! That is NOT good odds! Because I'm crazy and have never owned chicks before, I ordered 7 different breeds. So, I hope y'all can help a new chick owner out. I am not confused about breeds, sex only.

The breeds include -

Salmon Faverolle - Honey
Buckeye - Aubrey
Columbian Wyandotte - Gracie
Easter Egger - Esther
Green Queen (EE) - Jules
Black Australorp - Emmy
Welsummer - Summer

I believe the first four are pullets, but am definitely NOT sure about the Green Queen or Black Australorp. Totally think Welsummer is a rooster!! Aren't they supposed to be autosexed by color when born? I'll post a baby chick pic to show coloring.

Anyway, had not intended to have a rooster, but certainly NOT 3!!!

Please help .

Hopefully my posted pics will be helpful. I will mostly be posting pics of the 3 chicks in question. Please request anything else needed to better identify sex.

The Australorp is always up front and greeting us. Very curious. The Welsummer hides behind everyone, but is a little pecky. The Green Queen is just crazy and runs in circles or is going back and forth between groups to figure out where it belongs! Hope this helps too

Thank you all for your help.

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Sorry for pic overload and the emojis!!!

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

The only potential cockerel I see is the Welsummer but I'm no expert. Also its pretty early. The Australorp looks like a pullet to me and I do have some experience with them but like I said its early so dont panic just yet

 

[SandyRiverChick]

x2... I only see one that look's cockeralish.... the Welsummer. It's so early, I know how hard waiting is but give it a few weeks. Don't over analyze behavior just focus on those combs/wattles turning red. Feathers are to hard to judge until later and so is the thick leg thing, I've had some ladies with gigantic cankels!!

 

[TillyPeeps]

x2... I only see one that look's cockeralish.... the Welsummer. It's so early, I know how hard waiting is but give it a few weeks. Don't over analyze behavior just focus on those combs/wattles turning red. Feathers are to hard to judge until later and so is the thick leg thing, I've had some ladies with gigantic cankels!!

Agree, only the Welsummer looks like a boy, although it's too early to be sure about the gender. No, Welsummer is not autosexing, but Welbar (Welsummer with barring) is. Welsummer doesn't have the barring, so you cannot tell the gender by head dot. My Welbar girls didn't have the white dot when they were babies, while the male Welbars usually don't have clear chipmunk stripes and all have white dots on their heads.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

x2... I only see one that look's cockeralish.... the Welsummer. It's so early, I know how hard waiting is but give it a few weeks. Don't over analyze behavior just focus on those combs/wattles turning red. Feathers are to hard to judge until later and so is the thick leg thing, I've had some ladies with gigantic cankels!!

Cankels

 

[izzyduck]

On May 31st, picked up our 7 ordered female chicks from Meyer Hatchery. Today, they are 6 weeks old. Unfortunately, I believe we have a rooster or 2 or 3 in the bunch of 7!!!!!! That is NOT good odds! Because I'm crazy and have never owned chicks before, I ordered 7 different breeds. So, I hope y'all can help a new chick owner out. I am not confused about breeds, sex only.

The breeds include -

Salmon Faverolle - Honey
Buckeye - Aubrey
Columbian Wyandotte - Gracie
Easter Egger - Esther
Green Queen (EE) - Jules
Black Australorp - Emmy
Welsummer - Summer

I believe the first four are pullets, but am definitely NOT sure about the Green Queen or Black Australorp. Totally think Welsummer is a rooster!! Aren't they supposed to be autosexed by color when born? I'll post a baby chick pic to show coloring.

Anyway, had not intended to have a rooster, but certainly NOT 3!!!

Please help .

Hopefully my posted pics will be helpful. I will mostly be posting pics of the 3 chicks in question. Please request anything else needed to better identify sex.

The Australorp is always up front and greeting us. Very curious. The Welsummer hides behind everyone, but is a little pecky. The Green Queen is just crazy and runs in circles or is going back and forth between groups to figure out where it belongs! Hope this helps too

Thank you all for your help.


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[izzyduck]

if your looking to rehome one i would live a rooster for my girls im in Mt.Pleasant.

 

[Chickie-lu-22]

if your looking to rehome one i would live a rooster for my girls im in Mt.Pleasant.

Good to know. Don't know what our plan will be until we figure out what we've got. We do have neighbors with only hens, but not sure if they would be interested. I really didn't want roosters because I didn't want my kids afraid to take care of the chickens. I may be able to handle one (behavior depending), but not more than that. I'll keep ya in mind should I have to re-home any. Thanks

 

[boatagor]

Your welsummer is definitely a boy. Sorry. I'm raising 4 for a friend and we got one cockerel as well, also from Meyer. He looks just like yours and completely different from the girls. I'll add pictures so you can see the difference. The welsummer cockerels feather in very dark on the chest. I've included 3 of the boy and one of the females so you can see the color difference.

 

[Chickie-lu-22]

Your welsummer is definitely a boy. Sorry. I'm raising 4 for a friend and we got one cockerel as well, also from Meyer. He looks just like yours and completely different from the girls. I'll add pictures so you can see the difference. The welsummer cockerels feather in very dark on the chest. I've included 3 of the boy and one of the females so you can see the color difference.

Yup, definitely see the difference. I was thinking the same thing about the color of the chest and I think I even see a little green shimmer on some of the darker tail feathers. The female doesn't get that green shimmer, I think. It's funny though, he hides behind everyone else when we come along, but pecks at the rest of the girls when we turn our backs.