Welsummer chick question.......with PICS

[Justino]

yeah...hes got the roo look but could be A pullet....

 

[SeaChick]

Hi Vicki-
Well that is encouraging to hear!

Mine will be 2 weeks tomorrow (Monday 3/31). How old are yours? Are yours ignificantly heftier than you other breeds?

Thank you for giving me hope!

Stacey

 

[vicki2x2]

Mine will be 3 weeks tomorrow. They are not heftier than the SLW but are bigger than the other breed, which I am not sure what it is, because we got some mixed up and they belong to another family. They ordered a pullet pack. We are going to exchange them tomorrow, now that we can tell what is what.

I will try again later to work on the pictures, right now my headache makes it too complicated.

 

[SeaChick]

Thanks Vivki, I will look forward to seeing them! Hope your head feels better. :aww

 

[shmooborp]

i got them from the feed store and yes they are sopose to be welsummers, but they look 100% EE to me...

and now im worried that its a roo!

 

[horsewishr]

I have a Meyer Welsummer that turned 6 weeks old today. I was just commenting that she's a "monster" compared to the other chicks.

This is her at about 5 days old:

And at 5 weeks:

I can try to weigh my chicks now, but I think they're a bit too wiggly. The EEs are quite small. I have a GLW that everyone thinks is a roo. The Welsummer is about the same size as the GLW.

 

[horsewishr]

OMG, I weighed them!!

EE#1: 18.75 ounces
EE#2: 19.75 ounces
GLW Roo: 21.30 ounces
Welsummer: TWENTY FIVE ounces!!!!

I guess I'm not imagining things.

FWIW, she still looks like a pullet.

 

[vicki2x2]

Hopefully these pics will work. First is the cockeral, taken tonight on the towel bar in the bathroom. Better light in there. Then the pullet and then the two together.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g62/4Hpics/Chickens/HPIM0096.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g62/4Hpics/Chickens/HPIM0107.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g62/4Hpics/Chickens/HPIM0104.jpg

You can defintely tell the cockeral from the pullet.

 

[SeaChick]

You guys ROCK.

I am feeling much better now!

Vicki2x2 thanks for the pics. yes, the cockerel definitely has a bigger comb! I'll check mine against your pics next week...

horsewishr.... that is just awesome that you report your Meyer welsummer is a "monster" as well. I just cannot believe the difference between them and the 2 Meyer EEs we have! And your Welsummer surely looks like a pullet in her recent pic...... so I am very hopeful for my girls.

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing!!

Stacey

 

[horsewishr]

No problem. I can totally relate to worrying/obsessing about chickies