Need help sexing Welsummers and Blue Orpingtons

jengro65

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10 Years
Jul 16, 2011
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Morgantown, WV
They will me 4 weeks old tomorrow. It was hard to keep these little buggers straight so i'm sure some of the pics are of the same chick:) Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
1#

2#

3# side be side blue orps

4#

5#

6#

7# side by side welly's
 
They all look male to me. Welsummers are pretty easy to tell when they start feathering, because the pattern is totally different from the females. And the 3 Orpingtons also look male. Bad luck. I hope they were straight run and not sold to you as pullets....
 
All Orps are cockerels. #6 wellie is a pullet. #4 and 5 wellies are cockerels. #7 hard to tell in the picture - looks like pullet left, cockerel right.

On welsummers, they are easy to sex by chest coloring. Pullets get salmon colored chests, cockerels get red/black colored chests.
 

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