Help! Please! 6wk old hatchery chicks.

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Chickie-lu-22

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Jul 9, 2022
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boatagor said:
Your welsummer is definitely a boy. Sorry. I'm raising 4 for a friend and we got one cockerel as well, also from Meyer. He looks just like yours and completely different from the girls. I'll add pictures so you can see the difference. The welsummer cockerels feather in very dark on the chest. I've included 3 of the boy and one of the females so you can see the color difference.
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Thank you for the pictures 😊
 
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boatagor

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Chickie-lu-22 said:
Yup, definitely see the difference. I was thinking the same thing about the color of the chest and I think I even see a little green shimmer on some of the darker tail feathers. The female doesn't get that green shimmer, I think. It's funny though, he hides behind everyone else when we come along, but pecks at the rest of the girls when we turn our backs.
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They are gorgeous boys at least! I ordered myself a lavender Orpington cockerel and he's handsome but most of the time I wish she would let me keep the welsummer!
 
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Mamagirl3

In the Brooder
May 1, 2022
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Chickie-lu-22 said:
Yup, definitely see the difference. I was thinking the same thing about the color of the chest and I think I even see a little green shimmer on some of the darker tail feathers. The female doesn't get that green shimmer, I think. It's funny though, he hides behind everyone else when we come along, but pecks at the rest of the girls when we turn our backs.
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We have black jersey giants, the girls have so much green sheen a friend walked and asked when we got ducks? Then realized it was a chicken. What's pretty is their black feathers on their backs are also shiny then the green sheen. For a totally black chix.. they are pretty!
 
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Chickie-lu-22

In the Brooder
Jul 9, 2022
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boatagor said:
Yes, I did want to say that I have several black pullets and a grown Australorp hen who have the green shimmer.
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boatagor said:
Yes, I did want to say that I have several black pullets and a grown Australorp hen who have the green shimmer.
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I did know the Australorps would get the green shimmer in both sexes. That's why her name is Emmy for the Emerald shimmer we're hoping to see.
 
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Chickie-lu-22

In the Brooder
Jul 9, 2022
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Mamagirl3 said:
We have black jersey giants, the girls have so much green sheen a friend walked and asked when we got ducks? Then realized it was a chicken. What's pretty is their black feathers on their backs are also shiny then the green sheen. For a totally black chix.. they are pretty!
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Her name is actually Emmy for the hopeful Emerald green shimmer we're hoping to see.
 

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