Help! Please! 6wk old hatchery chicks.

[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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[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

 

[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.

 

[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

 

[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.

 

[Chickie-lu-22]

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.

 

[Chickie-lu-22]

Colonel Sanders.

 

[Chickie-lu-22]

We named my friend's cockerel Cornelius. It's the name of the corn flakes mascot, who was a welsummer.

Of course, my son got to name OUR cockerel and so we have the lavender orpington Captain Floofypants