The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[Deb B]

I count 2 pullets, 2 cockerels and 2 could go either way.

Thanks for the input. I figure wishful thinking and inexperience is a bad thing for estimating boys vs. girls!

 

[Piet]

If those were my chicks, I would say 4 hens 2 roosters. This year we are hatching many more females than roosters for some reason. And that is from different combinations.
Piet

 

[faykokoWV]

If those were my chicks, I would say 4 hens 2 roosters. This year we are hatching many more females than roosters for some reason. And that is from different combinations.
Piet

I agree with Piet - looks like 4 male 2 female to me.

 

[wny egger]

I count 2 pullets, 2 cockerels and 2 could go either way.

i agree ..a couple look like the triangle is faded or smudged and the same with the eyeliner..

 

[Deb B]

Thanks everyone for all your input. Time will tell exactly what they are, so I guess I'll just have to be patient!

 

[estamets]

I can't tell the difference between my Speckled Sussex and my Welsummer, so here are some photos of both! Two days old.
girl #1. This girl decided to wash her face in her coconut water to prepare for the photo shoot.

girl #1

girl #1. ... and nap time.

girl #2. Much bigger, and VERY fluffy. She's the biggest of the 4 chicks.

girl #2

girl #2

girl #2. nap time, take 2!

 

[estamets]

I can't tell the difference between my Speckled Sussex and my Welsummer, so here are some photos of both! Two days old.
girl #1. This girl decided to wash her face in her coconut water to prepare for the photo shoot.

girl #1

girl #1. ... and nap time.

I'm pretty sure #1 is the Welsummer. She has much more defined stripes, outlined with black, and the light stripes are closer to white. The other has much softer, blended stripes, and her light color is more yellow.

 

[daniellea2912]

I can't tell the difference between my Speckled Sussex and my Welsummer, so here are some photos of both! Two days old. girl #1. This girl decided to wash her face in her coconut water to prepare for the photo shoot. girl #1 girl #1. ... and nap time. girl #2. Much bigger, and VERY fluffy. She's the biggest of the 4 chicks. girl #2 girl #2 girl #2. nap time, take 2!

So cute! #2 is the speckled Sussex, judging by the yellowish white chest. My Sussex at a day old

My one of my Welsummers at a day old (no white on the chest, just brownish)

When mine were that young, the chest coloring was the only way I could tell 'em apart.

 

[estamets]

So cute!
#2 is the speckled Sussex, judging by the yellowish white chest.
My Sussex at a day old

My one of my Welsummers at a day old (no white on the chest, just brownish)

When mine were that young, the chest coloring was the only way I could tell 'em apart.

Thanks for the confirmation! These are tricky breeds to distinguish; I had to comb the internet for pictures of both to compare. I agree that #2 is the Sussex. If two of us think so, it must be true!

 

[dretd]

I can't tell the difference between my Speckled Sussex and my Welsummer, so here are some photos of both! Two days old.
girl #1. This girl decided to wash her face in her coconut water to prepare for the photo shoot.

How very cute!

For me, I think it is easier to look at the shank color rather than the down color. Welsummers=yellow feet, Sussex=white feet