The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Is this a boy or a girl Goto page 1, 2  Next          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Eggs and Growers Author Message oatley Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 35 Location: cornwall Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:58 pm    Post subject: Is this a boy or a girl Do you think this welsummer chick is a boy or a girl Back to top jack Joined: 29 Aug 2008 Posts: 10 Location: shropshire Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:19 pm    Post subject: girl Back to top lfreebs Joined: 23 May 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Norfolk Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:31 pm    Post subject: Welsummer chick Not that I have had much exerience. I've just hatched, well the broody did actually, 4 chicks. One was a Welsummer and I put some pics up in the Gallery (L. Freebrey) and somebody sexed the Welsummer chick as a girl. Apparently if they look as though they have black eyeliner on it's a girl, of course. She is now nearly 12 weeks and looking at your's I would say it is a boy. Did it have the black eyeliner as a baby chick ? Hope for you it is a girl though ! Back to top oatley Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 35 Location: cornwall Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:40 pm    Post subject: Yes - it had the eyeliner, but I was wondering more about the breast feathers now they have come in? Back to top jack Joined: 29 Aug 2008 Posts: 10 Location: shropshire Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:47 pm    Post subject: how old is it? Back to top oatley Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 35 Location: cornwall Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:51 pm    Post subject: 4 weeks Back to top jack Joined: 29 Aug 2008 Posts: 10 Location: shropshire Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:16 pm    Post subject: wait a few weeks till you try to sex it but at that age id actually say cockerel cause its comb has come through early Back to top JC Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 1116 Location: Sussex Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:44 am    Post subject: At 4 weeks the comb is quite pronounced. i might hazard a guess at cockrel!! Back to top EGirl Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 1322 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:26 am    Post subject: I think black feathers in a welsummer's breast indicates a boy, Henwife will know! Or Pekinout.... Back to top kated Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 2089 Location: norfolk Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:00 pm    Post subject: Pointy neck feathers indicate male. Back to top Hen-Gen Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 277 Location: Derbyshire and Shetland Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:53 pm    Post subject: I'd go for boy aswell. Those black breast feathers are usually reliable. Don't want to be the bringer of bad news but that autosomal barring on the tail and body suggests to me that one of his recent ancestors has 'been playing away from home'. Hopefully henwife can say for sure. Back to top Tarka Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 421 Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:34 am    Post subject: MALE Back to top Chris Kurzfeld Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1712 Location: Carmarthenshire Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:33 am    Post subject: By 4/5 weeks salmony pink breast - girl, black breast - boy. So I would definately say you have a cockerel. They grow up to be stunning boys though! Back to top Henwife Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 3540 Location: Monmouthshire Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:06 pm    Post subject: Boy. Mine get culled (unless ordered) as soon as they show any black breast feathers. Back to top EGirl Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 1322 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:55 pm    Post subject: He's going to be a stunning boy with that barring too! Hope you can keep him! Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Eggs and Growers All times are GMT + 1 Hour Goto page 1, 2  Next Page 1 of 2 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group