Help! Please! 6wk old hatchery chicks.

[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.

 

[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.

 

[Chickie-lu-22]

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

Thank you. I didn't know that.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

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

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Colonel Sanders.

 

[SummerTheAnimalGirl]

Hi! Yes, you Welsummer is 100% a cockerel. Make welsummer feather in with a very dark/black chest. While hens feather in with a more amber colored chest. I included a picture of my Welsummers pullets. I think he is the only cockerel tho!

 

[Shevraeth]

Well as someone who loved Scooby growing up, I like Scooby Roo! D:

 

[Mamagirl3]

Now my Roo needs a new name. Any good suggestions? Nobody in the fam liked my Scooby Roo or Winnie the Roo Of course, I was just joking, but actually looking for something more dignified since he'll hopefully be quite the looker when grown.

Roofus. (Rufus)