Posts by themenagerie

Quote: Originally Posted by dennisthe  is the Welsummer chick in the back a roo   YES  

Judging by the coloration on the above chick, i say pullet.  Roos don't have such a pronounced V shape on their heads.  Look for feathering on the chest, pullets will be salmon colored, cockerels will have black feathers...

Has anyone gotten them this year? If i didn't know better, I'd think mine were bantams. They're half the size of the other 14 chicks I got at the same time. They were hatched on April 8 and haven't really grown much at all.  Is it...

ROO!

I let my birds out of their coop and into their pen today around 715am. I have a Easter Egger roo that lives seperately because of Roo agression issues. He roams free during the day and is locked up at night, but he never goes far from...

Simonerol - I think it's a roo because of the pinkish comb and red on wings.   How old is it? 

I'm interested in him..but I'm not sure how far you are away from me? I'm in Mass, about 16 minutes south of Nashua, right at the junction of 495 & 2.   Perhaps we can meet somewhere?

Glad I ordered mine in November!!... I tried to add a few to my April 9th delivery and pretty much everything I'd want is sold out already. I'm getting mine from Meyer Hatchery.   5 Welsummers, 3 Blue Laced Wyandottes, 2...

My experience for what it's worth - I've gotten them from Meyer, Mt Healthy and Ideal (through my local Agway).  I like the Mt. Healthy ones best, nice bodied birds of varied coloration who are good layers of blue & green...

I have two Welsummer roos, they were raised with my Orpington roo who's a few months older than they are. Everyone gets along for the most part,  I'm sure it helps that I have about 30 hens. The Orp is the boss, the other two...