The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[coldupnorth]

Hoping to get some opinions from people who know Welsummers - My broody hatched out 8 Welsummer chicks 4 weeks ago. Is there a trick to sexing Welsummers? Are these roos or pullets.
Chick 1

Chick 2

Chick 3

Chick 4

Sorry to take up so much room with pictures - I just want to know who I need to rehome

 

[tazcat70]

Thanks Opa!

Coldupnorth.....I see 2 roos for sure. #1 and #2. I think 3 and 4 might be roos too. I am so sorry.

 

[coldupnorth]

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I read somewhere that the chest color can give you an idea - darker with black is roo and lighter is hen. Is this true?

 

[tazcat70]

Yes it is true.

 

[coldupnorth]

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Ugh - that means I probably have 5 cockerals and only 3 pullets. Thats alot to rehome

Thanks for the info - I really appreciate it

 

[tazcat70]

Sorry.....

 

[enggass]

Just a couple of pics I grabbed tonight of my almost 18 week old pullet - eggs from Pink... I have another that is almost identical.

Steve

 

[pinkchick]

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No easy way to say this...so I am just going to say it......they are all roos, sorry.

 

[pinkchick]

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OmyGoodness!!! She is so pretty!!!!! I love her!

 

[coldupnorth]

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No easy way to say this...so I am just going to say it......they are all roos, sorry.

That is what I figured, I took the 4 that I thought could be roos and put them on there - I have one other one that is lagging behind and not feathering out much. I think he is a roo too. The other three of the eight look to be pullets to me - no black on the chest and a lighter color. Hopfully that is so because I do want some Welsummer eggs

Thanks for the insight. Whats a person to do because they can't all be hens