So we bought three chicks from the feed store about 3 weeks ago, a blue andalusian, a blue laced red wyandotte, and a welsummer. All three were advertised as pullets. The BA and the BLRW are clearly pullets, but the welsummer is a giant question mark. I've combed the internet looking for answers, and I'm almost certain it's a cockerel, but I thought I'd ask the experts here before I returned the chick to the feed store. My only hang ups are the speed in which the chick feathered, the reddish hues I see on it's chest (although I do see flecks of black already), and the way it looked when I got it - it had all the telling signs of being a pullet, but those have faded almost completely and replaced with this giant pink comb, and stocky legs. This chick is easily twice the size of the other two. When I bought them they were all the same size. Does anyone see a pullet here? I have heard that welsummers grow big fast....but I dunno.
