Welsummer chicks- question

[Momoftres]

I received two welsummer chicks l (my first time with this breed) from Meyer’s as day old chicks on 1/11.
Both looked identical but now the difference between them is huge! Is this normal? My other breed pairs are quite similar. I ordered all female. The last pic shows them together. Thanks for any thoughts, they both have rather dark brown markings on the top of the head and line from the eyes.

Thanks

 

[JedJackson]

Looks like one is just developing faster than the other, and that can happen. A male Welsummer will get black feathers at the breast, while a female should have salmon or rusty colored breast feathers. That is one way to tell quite early on, but I cannot tell from the pictures you put up.

 

[Momoftres]

Looks like one is just developing faster than the other, and that can happen. A male Welsummer will get black feathers at the breast, while a female should have salmon or rusty colored breast feathers. That is one way to tell quite early on, but I cannot tell from the pictures you put up.

Thank you so much… this is helpful.

 

[Momoftres]

these are the best I could get of their breast feathers

 

[JedJackson]

these are the best I could get of their breast feathers

The one on the right is certainly looking like a Welsummer pullet. Too early for the one on the right to tell since its breast feathers haven't really emerged yet. But the heavy eye stripe probably means it is a pullet, too. That is another indicator. I would give it a couple of weeks to grow and start feathering out, and then post again if things aren't clear. No need to worry, though. In most cases the hatcheries send exactly what they are supposed to send.