Welsummer chicks pullets or cockerels?

[eveleychook]

Thanks

 

[eveleychook]

To all who replied. All people who think they have Welsummer chickens should think twice. It turns out that all 3 of the chickens who I thought were Welsummer's turned out to be Brown Leghorns. I noticed this when they started laying white eggs. As you all know Welsummer's don't lay white eggs. Those brown speckly eggs is why I wanted them in the first place. Also Brown Leghorns have white lobes on their sides which Welsummer's don't. So please beware the brown leghorn. When they are chicks they look exactly like a Welsummer chick. I have no faults for the brown leghorn, they are great layers, but they aren't what I wanted. Don't get fooled, like I have been.

 

[Painted Calls]

Where did these chicks come from?

 

[eveleychook]

Where did these chicks come from?

These chicks came from a hatchery here in Australia.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Huh. They look dead on like my Welsummer who lays lovely speckled eggs. Sorry it didn't turn out as you'd hoped (and paid for).

 

[eveleychook]

To anyone who lives in Australia, be warned by the following Hatchery Darling Downs or Peak Crossing hatchery sold me these wrong breed of chicks. Here are the Brown Leghorns now.

Nice Brown Leghorns but definitely not Welsummer chickens.