Welsummer cockeral v. pullet wing feathers? UPDATED W/ PICS

Jster

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I hatched four welsummer chicks and they are now about 7 weeks old. They are being raised by a friend, and we're trying to figure out their genders. As far as chick color, one was noticably lighter colored. Then that one developed its feathers much more slowly. Now, I went to see them after not seeing them for a few weeks, and one has noticeably distinct wing feather tips. This one's tips come in almost in a funnel shape, whereas the other chicks have rounded wing feather tips. I might be able to post a picture later tonight. Does it sound like we have one cockerel and three hens? They are very beautiful!

Also, I was looking at a welp hatchery catalog. We got our eggs on the trading post and our thrilled with them, but I was surprised when the welp catalog said that their version of welsummers are 6lbs in 9weeks? Is that true? Ours are about 7 weeks and seemed about 1.5-2 lbs, not unreasonably huge. Is that just the variety they have?

Thanks in advance!

Okay, edited to add pictures:

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This first one is of the pointy wing tips on the suspected boy.
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The second one is the rounded wing tips, the other three all have this kind.

Am I right about pointy wing feather tips being a boy?!?

Thanks!
 
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I don't know if you can really tell from the shape of the wing feathers?? But I do know that by 7 weeks my Welsummer roosters had some good sized combs going on and wattles sprouting. They were also much larger than the pullet with tree trunk legs.
 

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