How to spot a 5-week old welsummer cockeral??

[funonahonda]

Someone has 13 welsummer chicks and one is a rooster, how do or can I figure out
which one is a rooster? Thanks for any replies..

 

[Happy Chooks]

At 5 weeks it will be super easy. The males will have pronounced pink combs and have black feathering on their chest. The females will have salmon coloring on their chest.

Cockeral (pullet in background):

Pullet showing chest coloring:

 

[katpwl]

Pullet?? She's 5 weeks darker coloring but no red in the comb.

 

[donrae]

Pullet?? She's 5 weeks darker coloring but no red in the comb.

pullet. Her breast is reddish/salmon. A cockerel would have black breast feathers.

 

[drumstick diva]

x 2

 

[Evallies]

What if your 5 week old looks like a mix of the two pictures? Ours looks more like the male here but does not have any color to her comb, nor is it as big as this.







Curious about Charlotte, the Welsummer on the left.

Thank you

 

[Mel281]

Old thread, I know, but was Charlotte a pullet?

 

[CITYS84]

Old thread but Roo?

 

[Party_Chicken]

This thread was created quite a few years ago and no one is most likely going to reply. The breed and gender forum has has brand new gender questions every day so try your hand there!