Welsummers, Pullets or cockles

[wchumbler]

Can you tell if anh of these 5 are pullets or cockles really hoping for 4 hens

 

[BubbaLikesIt]

Did you get them as chicks or young pullets? One or two have big combs and one of them is breaking out with solid black on the hackles. The pictures (I'm not complaining) look like action photos at NASCAR so it's hard to tell for me. I'm not an expert but I am curious. I'm hatching 28 Welsummer eggs right now and I have never raised Welsummer chickens before. If it were me, I would keep an eye on the combs and solid coloring for the rooster.

 

[wchumbler]

I got these at 2 days straight run. Yea, they were all just laying around until i put my tablet in to take pictures

 

[Wyandottes7]

There's at least one cockerel (and probably three of them). However, I don't think that they look quite like Welsummers.

 

[BubbaLikesIt]

Did the chicks have "eye liner" and a "V" shape on the top of their heads? Welsummer females sometimes have a definitive black eye liner stripe starting at the eye and moving to the back of the head. They will also have a dark "V" shape on the top of their heads. Males could have a lighter "V" on the top of their heads. It could depend on how pure the breed is as to how these markings show up.

 

[BubbaLikesIt]

There is possibly a silver lining if you have too many Roos. If they are Welsummer Roo's and if you live near other chicken owners with Farms they are easy to sell. You can also harvest them at 26 weeks for the table. You have options.

 

[BantamLover21]

There's at least one cockerel (and probably three of them). However, I don't think that they look quite like Welsummers.

Agreed.