welsummer and barnevelder

Chicalina · Jun 5, 2021

Hi everyone, I've got some 2 week old chicks, 2 barnevelders and 1 welsummer.

Any ideas on sex? I know it's early, but I will update this thread with pics as they grow.

My guesses are B1 cockerel , B2 cockerel and W pullet.

Also, have I labelled the breeds right?

JedJackson · Jun 5, 2021

Chicalina said:
I'll keep posting as they grow.

Oh thanks. I wasn't sure if I'd got it right.

By that reckoning then, if I'm right on sex then I've probably got 1 welsummer pullet and 2 barnevelder cockerels. Gah! I want a barnevelder pullet!!!

I don't see anything that says cockerels with the Barnies yet. Don't give up hope. 6 weeks is a good age to start sexing them.

Chicalina · Jun 5, 2021

JedJackson said:
I don't see anything that says cockerels with the Barnies yet. Don't give up hope. 6 weeks is a good age to start sexing them.

Thank you. I'll keep watching and hoping!

And try to be patient!

Chicalina · Aug 15, 2021

Update 12 weeks old.

I'm pretty convinced I've got two cockerels now. Nobody crowing or mounting yet but I've seen some suspicious looking thin shiny feathers on B1's back. I already thought B2 was a cockerel.

Someone please tell me I'm wrong. I wanted lovely dark brown eggs and they have been the friendliest loveliest chicks!

JedJackson · Jun 5, 2021

Much too early to sex them. The pictures have the chicks mislabeled-- the first chick is a Welsummer, the last a Barnevelder.

Chicalina · Jun 5, 2021

I'll keep posting as they grow.

Oh thanks. I wasn't sure if I'd got it right.

By that reckoning then, if I'm right on sex then I've probably got 1 welsummer pullet and 2 barnevelder cockerels. Gah! I want a barnevelder pullet!!!

Chicalina · Jun 5, 2021

JedJackson said:
Much too early to sex them. The pictures have the chicks mislabeled-- the first chick is a Welsummer, the last a Barnevelder.

I have corrected that in the pics now, thank you.

Chicalina · Jun 17, 2021

UPDATE at 4 weeks old

Pretty sure the Welsummer is a pullet. She has ginger chest feathers not black.

The Barnevelders I can't make up my mind on yet. They are very different from each other in colour. Barney 1 is dark and Barney 2 is light. Barney 2 is a day younger than Barney 1 and its feather development is probably 2 days behind. Both of them have chest feathers coming in that are laced not solid colour. I'm swinging towards Barney 1 being male and Barney 2 female. What do you think?