Welsummer or Brown Leghorn? 6-8 week old chicks

[flockmomma]

I have six of these chicks. There was one that I thought was a separate breed, due to crazy markings on its face, but I cannot tell it from the other five now that baby down is gone from its head, so I am guessing that it is possibly the same breed as the other five. I am pretty sure I have five pullets and a cockerel from this bunch. They were a part of a Cackle hatchery surprise order, hatched out May 11-12. One is getting really dark breast feathers, and the others have lighter breast feathers. The one with the dark feathers has a larger comb too.

The 1,3, and 4th pictures are from yesterday. The 2nd one is from 3 or so weeks ago. I included that picture because it shows the baby down coloring on the one questionable chick (feathers appear marked the same though, as its body blurred in this picture when it was running past). The roo is in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th pictures. The chicks arrived with chipmunk color patterning, and all had a single stripe on the cheek aside from that crazy-marked one.

 

[thechickfam]

I am not an expert, but we have both of these breeds. Welsummers and Light Brown Leghorns look almost identical, except for their ears. Welsummers will have reddish ones, while the Light Brown Leghorns will have white. The Light Brown Leghorns will have bigger combs and wattles than the Welsummers as well. The Welsummers will lay darker brown eggs and the Light Brown Leghorns will lay white ones. In both breeds, the pullets will have salmon colored chest feathers and the cockerels will have black chest feathers. I hope this helps.

 

[Michael OShay]

X2 on thechickfarm; as they mature and the earlobes come in, the earlobe color will ID which breed you have. Red earlobes = Welsummers; White earlobes = Light Brown Leghorns.

 

[donrae]

Agree you have a cockerel. I'm leaning toward Welsummer at this point, due to the smaller combs and heavier looking bodies. But you won't be positive until they're more mature.

 

[flockmomma]

Whichever they are, they are very quick birds. We are selling some other breeds, but keeping these, some BOs, EEs, Wyandottes, Royal Palm turkeys, and Rouen ducks.

 

[Lil Ray of Sunshine]

X2 on thechickfarm; as they mature and the earlobes come in, the earlobe color will ID which breed you have. Red earlobes = Welsummers; White earlobes = Light Brown Leghorns.

I don't remember at what age earlobe color shows. About what age do you think. I have one that 5 weeks now.

 

[nuthatched]

I don't remember at what age earlobe color shows. About what age do you think. I have one that 5 weeks now.

This thread is form 2015, my friend, if you need assistance identifying your birds, you might want to make a new thread.

 

[Lil Ray of Sunshine]

This thread is form 2015, my friend, if you need assistance identifying your birds, you might want to make a new thread.

Thanks. I didn't notice.