Chickie-lu-22
In the Brooder
- Jul 9, 2022
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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
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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 ![Smiling face with smiling eyes :blush: š](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png)
Thank you all for your help.
Just for fun, here's a few more of everyone.
Sorry for pic overload
and the emojis!!!
![Person facepalming :person_facepalming: š¤¦](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f926.png)
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
![Folded hands :pray: š](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f64f.png)
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!
![Person shrugging :person_shrugging: š¤·](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937.png)
![Smiling face with smiling eyes :blush: š](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png)
Thank you all for your help.
Just for fun, here's a few more of everyone.
Sorry for pic overload
![Face with tears of joy :joy: š](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png)