The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[San]

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Could you post photographs of your eggs?

No I am sorry I don't have wellies myself but looking at the egg pics in the US they are much darker.

 

[faykokoWV]

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me too

 

[San]

How can you see at such a young age if it's boy or girl?

 

[EweSheep]

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San, its the markings. It is NOT 100 percent reliable but in most cases in certain bloodlines, you can tell them apart. I am sure others either have a 100 percent hit on with determining the sexes or it's either way.

I've had several Welsummers with fuzzy markings and no eyeliners to be pullets than cockerals. Very defined stripes, eyeliner-pullet. Fuzzy markings, no eyeliner-cockeral.

I don't know if it works in your case.

 

[San]

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San, its the markings. It is NOT 100 percent reliable but in most cases in certain bloodlines, you can tell them apart. I am sure others either have a 100 percent hit on with determining the sexes or it's either way.

I've had several Welsummers with fuzzy markings and no eyeliners to be pullets than cockerals. Very defined stripes, eyeliner-pullet. Fuzzy markings, no eyeliner-cockeral.

I don't know if it works in your case.

Thanks for the explanation, I have to wait till my eggs are ready to get picked up and hoping for a good hatch, but this is a good way to see what's hatching

 

[Hens and Roos]

Has anyone had a chick feather in with salmon colors on the back? We have 1 girl that is showing more salmon feathers on her back-she stands out from the rest of the chicks.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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No I haven't. Do you have a picture of her?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Kim, I'm sitting on pins and needles here. Today is hatch day. I need these babies to start hatching, so I know they are okay! I normally don't worry too much at hatch, but with the problems I've had this time, I'm a wreck!

 

[EweSheep]

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No I haven't. Do you have a picture of her?

2x

 

[Hens and Roos]

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No I haven't. Do you have a picture of her?

2x

I will post some pictures of this one later this afternoon when I get home from work and DD is home from school to help

Here are a couple pictures of the chick showing the salmon colored feathers on its back- it is a girl and she is banded pink-white(she was chick girl #4 in previous posts).

This picture we took to show how red the wattles look, could this chick possible be undecided as to girl or boy?

might have to keep a close eye on this one.