Welsummer pullet or cockerel???

[ChattyChickens4Life]

Don't welsummers have the sex related head striping? Based on the coloring around the eyes and head I think it's a cockerel.

I din't think it was Welsummers. Who knows?

 

[ChattyChickens4Life]

I din't think it was Welsummers. Who knows?

Anything is possible in the world of chickens!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Yes the comb is large. However, some hens can have very large combs too. All depends on the breed!

Some hens can have larger combs, but not like that, at such a young age. Usually I would say its too young to sex, but since it has such a large comb, and red, there isn't hardly a chance of it being a pullet.

 

[ChattyChickens4Life]

Some hens can have larger combs, but not like that, at such a young age. Usually I would say its too young to sex, but since it has such a large comb, and red, there isn't hardly a chance of it being a pullet.

I do agree.

 

[WhiteWyan]

If you don't mind waiting a couple more months, then you will know for sure.
Did it look like any of the chicks in the pics on this blog post? Also how can you not have baby pictures??? I guess it is hard to get them to sit still for a pic!
http://welsummers.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-chick-pics-sexing-welsummer-chicks.html?m=1

 

[ChattyChickens4Life]

If you don't mind waiting a couple more months, then you will know for sure.
Did it look like any of the chicks in the pics on this blog post? Also how can you not have baby pictures??? I guess it is hard to get them to sit still for a pic!
http://welsummers.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-chick-pics-sexing-welsummer-chicks.html?m=1

Yes, I wouldn't give up just yet. He/she can't cause harm for a few more weeks, so there shouldn't be a problem keeping it!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Welsummers bred properly are fairly reliably sexable by marking, yes, but production bred birds are not. This bird has a large, pink comb at an early age and is developing black festhering in the chest

 

[drumstick diva]

Cockerel - don't return him - please just find a good home for him on your own, if you must give him up. Why should the seller just get to sell him and profit a second time?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Cockerel

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

Thanks for all the replies! Just to confirm everyone's suspicions, at 4 weeks old the little bugger started trying to crow, so I found him a new home and replaced him with a pullet of the same breed. Under different circumstances I would have been happy to keep him, but with my neighbors as close as they are I don't want to subject them to the noise.