Ah yes, the what gender /breed is one of my favorite games.
I agree, lots of chicks look very similar to the Welsumer. The clues that make it easiest are comb type, skin/shank color, earlobe color (hard to see when young IMO), and other things like crests or feathered legs and how many toes. But it's the subtle difference that help tell. Even Easter Eggers look the same as Welsumer essentially except for the beards and muffs.
So a couple fun fact, if you didn't know... Marans is always said with the S at the end even if referring to a single Marans as they are for a port town in France named Marans. And Welsumer can be spelled with either 1 or 2 M's (I use 1), they are from a village named Welsum in the Netherlands. So would be with only 1 M like referring to the people who are from the town.
Also, if you really want to know right now.. MPC will identify the chicks for you with your pics. I'm fairly confident of them being in your bottom pic.. Welsumer, Cuckoo Marans, Cochin, Golden Buff across the bottom. Then Wyandotte standing nice and tall. The only one I am unsure of is the speckled one. But I'm not affraid to be proven incorrect and learn something new either.
I agree, lots of chicks look very similar to the Welsumer. The clues that make it easiest are comb type, skin/shank color, earlobe color (hard to see when young IMO), and other things like crests or feathered legs and how many toes. But it's the subtle difference that help tell. Even Easter Eggers look the same as Welsumer essentially except for the beards and muffs.
So a couple fun fact, if you didn't know... Marans is always said with the S at the end even if referring to a single Marans as they are for a port town in France named Marans. And Welsumer can be spelled with either 1 or 2 M's (I use 1), they are from a village named Welsum in the Netherlands. So would be with only 1 M like referring to the people who are from the town.
Also, if you really want to know right now.. MPC will identify the chicks for you with your pics. I'm fairly confident of them being in your bottom pic.. Welsumer, Cuckoo Marans, Cochin, Golden Buff across the bottom. Then Wyandotte standing nice and tall. The only one I am unsure of is the speckled one. But I'm not affraid to be proven incorrect and learn something new either.