Help! Please! 6wk old hatchery chicks.

[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.

Thank you for the pictures

 

[boatagor]

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.

They are gorgeous boys at least! I ordered myself a lavender Orpington cockerel and he's handsome but most of the time I wish she would let me keep the welsummer!

 

[boatagor]

Thank you for the pictures

No problem! I was googling like crazy when he started looking different so I've made sure to take a lot of pictures to document the difference.

 

[NatJ]

I think I even see a little green shimmer on some of the darker tail feathers. The female doesn't get that green shimmer

Black feathers can have a green shimmer on males or females, in any breed.

 

[boatagor]

Black feathers can have a green shimmer on males or females, in any breed.

Yes, I did want to say that I have several black pullets and a grown Australorp hen who have the green shimmer.

 

[Mamagirl3]

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.

We have black jersey giants, the girls have so much green sheen a friend walked and asked when we got ducks? Then realized it was a chicken. What's pretty is their black feathers on their backs are also shiny then the green sheen. For a totally black chix.. they are pretty!

 

[Chickie-lu-22]

Black feathers can have a green shimmer on males or females, in any breed.

Thank you. I didn't know that.

 

[Chickie-lu-22]

Yes, I did want to say that I have several black pullets and a grown Australorp hen who have the green shimmer.

Yes, I did want to say that I have several black pullets and a grown Australorp hen who have the green shimmer.

I did know the Australorps would get the green shimmer in both sexes. That's why her name is Emmy for the Emerald shimmer we're hoping to see.

 

[Chickie-lu-22]

We have black jersey giants, the girls have so much green sheen a friend walked and asked when we got ducks? Then realized it was a chicken. What's pretty is their black feathers on their backs are also shiny then the green sheen. For a totally black chix.. they are pretty!

Her name is actually Emmy for the hopeful Emerald green shimmer we're hoping to see.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

The Welsummer is definitely, 100% a cockerel. No need to wait for confirmation. All others appear to be pullets