One month old Welsummers

One month old cockeral #1

One month old cockeral #2

More Welsummer chicks

Wellie chick

My Welsummer chicks are growing and I'm hatching more every week. This is an on-line journal of their growth. I show my Welsummers in Texas.

More Chick Pics -Sexing Welsummer Chicks

The two chicks facing to the front are males with lighter lines

The outer 2 females have the darker eyeliner near the corner of their eyes.
The 2 in the middle are males.

It is possible to sex a Welsummer at day-old because the chicks are marked like a partridge, with a stripe on the top of the head. The stripe is darker on the female so the difference can be seen by comparison. After four to six weeks there is no doubt, as the comb of the male becomes obvious first.

First Welsummer Chicks of 2011

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Welsummer Chicks of 2011

 This is my first hatch of Welsummer chicks.