Supposed to be a welsummer pullet, but the tail feathers are getting a green sheen....making me nervous 😬

[lizzychick]

 

[cluckmecoop7]

How old?

Looks like a cockerel. (Young rooster.)

 

[R2elk]

Cockerel

 

[lizzychick]

How old?

Looks like a cockerel. (Young rooster.)

7 weeks old

 

[ShrekDawg]

Isn’t that female coloring on the neck though? And I thought Welsummer cockerels had black chests? At least mine did by this age. My female looked just like this.

 

[ShrekDawg]

But that is a lot of comb for that age too so idk. But the coloration looks female unless it’s a mix. Is it possible it’s a mix? That would explain the non black chest but I’d wait and see. Cause Welsummers are usually feather sexable.

 

[lizzychick]

I ordered 2 pullets from MPC, but they look nothing alike.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Hmmm that second one does look to be a darker brown and have more black in the neck feathers, both of which my boy had, and of course the much bigger comb and the redness in it already, but I don’t see the black chest, which my boy had very very young. Although I do see little patches of black coming in so maybe he’ll get it. Hard to say for sure. Mine were very definitive boy and girl. Yours are a little bit harder to say.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I'm gonna say cockerel....