Sexing welsummers

[18awesomechickens]

So I got these two welsummers and just want to make sure they're both girls.. both have tail feathers and 1 has slightly less wing feather development than the other. I read that they are a breed you can sex at a few day olds.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

They appear to be females. Sight sexing welsummers based on eye strips and head and body stripes is supposedly around 90% accurate.

 

[sealer39]

They are both female in my opinion. Males are lighter in color and their comb would be bigger already. I could easily tell my male from the females as soon as I got them as 3 day old chicks.

 

[18awesomechickens]

They appear to be females. Sight sexing welsummers based on eye strips and head and body stripes is supposedly around 90% accurate.

Thanks! That's what I thought just was looking for some confirmation. Yay

 

[azygous]

Here you go.

 

[18awesomechickens]

They are both female in my opinion. Males are lighter in color and their comb would be bigger already. I could easily tell my male from the females as soon as I got them as 3 day old chicks.

Yeah that's what I thought. The boys were a light orange color on their stripes. Glad I have some more confirmation so I did fairly well on my first try at sexing these birds.. yay

 

[18awesomechickens]

Also, do welsummers take forever to feather in? Like don't develop tails until like a week after the pullets? Both of my chicks have small tail stubs lol

 

[sealer39]

My little cockerel chick seems to be feathering in as fast as the females. He’s in the back below the golf ball in the pic. You can also easily notice how bigger his comb is from the females. They are two weeks old.

 

[18awesomechickens]

View attachment 2039932My little cockerel chick seems to be feathering in as fast as the females. He’s in the back below the golf ball in the pic. You can also easily notice how bigger his comb is from the females. They are two weeks old.

Oh okay well I just wanted to be see if I dor sure have 2 pullets at this age. I down sexed them and even if I do end up with roo I'll probably keep him as a spare roo.

 

[18awesomechickens]

So I believe that they are 2 pullets