pullets or cockerals?

[4boysmom]

Welsummer chicks


CHICK 1

CHICK 2

CHICK 3

Thanks for your feedback!

 

[CalebtheChicken]

To me they all look like pullets, but really they're to young to be 100% sure.

 

[Namble]

Yea, you can't be sure as to what sex they are when they are soo young.

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

sometimes you can tell if you look at there wing feathers, points are boys and rounded are girls, it works 70% of the time.

Also boys feather out slower than girls.

 

[karimw]

I'm sure it's not a 100% but my 8 Welsummer chicks turned out just as I expected based on the definition of the V on the top of their heads. The sharply defined V on #1 says pullet.#2 has a little softer edge so is probably a roo? Not sure about #3 from these pictures, but I'd guess roo?

 

[jenn-E]

Mine aren't old all enough to know whether what I've read is true, but I think a sharply defined V on the top of their head & nice dark "eyeliner" indicates a girl. Based on this, I would say 3 looks like a girl, 2 is possibly a boy, & not sure about 1- what does the eyeliner look like on that one?

As they start to feather in more, the girls will get a reddish-salmon colored chest & boys will have a darker chest.

 

[sben451]

I'll put in my two cents worth. I have hatched Welsummer eggs in my incubator two times. Both times I was able to tell the pullets from the roos by the markings on their head and the "eyeliner". I say Chick 1 is a pullet, #2 a roo, and #3 a pullet.

 

[mama n her peeps]

how do u post pics on here i have 8 new chicks they are 5 1/2 weeks and i was told they were all pullets but now im not so sure! what if i have all roos i will go crazy!