Please tell me she is a hen!

[ajay]

This is my 4 week old Welsummer, Ellie. She's a doll, but from day 1, I have been worried that she is a he. She came out of the gate a little more aggressive than the others and she has massive feet compared to our other Welsummer. I am hoping that she is a hen, but I don't know enough about raising chickens to make a guess. We can't keep a rooster.

Can any of you tell or is it too early still?

 

[Moose The Ameraucana]

Oh tht is not a welsummer

it is an Ameraucana for sure and the comb has three rows or not? I have an Ameraucana and she looks just like that! she is 6 weeks old and has muffs and green legs for sure and EE and might be a pullet

Oh and Ameraucanas are a little bit aggressive but the more you handle her the nicer she will be

 

[N&MSchroeder]

Here is what it says about the Welsummer's here on BYC:

Sexing Welsummer chicks: pullets (hens) will have a very defined V shape on their heads and eyeliner. Cockerels (roosters) have a smudged looking V and no eyeliner.

Just read the other response, yes, her legs should be pale yellow.
I still think you have a pullet, just not a Welsummer!

 

[ajay]

Oh you are kidding me! All this time I was thinking these two were my Welsummers and my others were my EE's! I am such a rookie.

That's what happens when you don't pay enough attention at the feed store! I was just so excited to get them, I didn't watch the guy put them in the box!

 

[Moose The Ameraucana]

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Oh its fine! It can be confusing because the wellsummer chicks look just like the EEs

so it makes things confusing till they become pullets but she has only one row it looks like so she is most likley a pullet very cute though!

 

[debid]

Looks like a pullet EE to me. Your Welsummers should have yellow legs.

 

[ajay]

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They do.

That's part of the reason I thought Ellie was a boy. I couldn't figure out where in the world she got those legs from! lol

Just for fun, now that I have my breeds correct, here's one of my Welsummers. The two chicks are nearly impossible to tell apart, so we're in for two no matter what!

 

[Moose The Ameraucana]

yup tht looks like a welsummer especially from the yellow legs and facial feather/features adorable

 

[Happy Chooks]

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They do.

That's part of the reason I thought Ellie was a boy. I couldn't figure out where in the world she got those legs from! lol

Just for fun, now that I have my breeds correct, here's one of my Welsummers. The two chicks are nearly impossible to tell apart, so we're in for two no matter what!


https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/94381_img_9016.jpg

THAT is a welsummer and a pullet.

Your first one is an EE and it's a bit early yet to tell, but if I had to make a call right now, it would be boy.

 

[ajay]

Glad to hear my Welsummers are pullets. Yay!