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My welsummer hens from you are still laying strong! They are feisty girls and stand up to everyone, they are near the top of the pecking order among mixed breeds. I gifted some of the wellies I hatched from you to a friend, and 2 of hers are now broody. How old are your welsummers and marans...

I do mixed ages too, and I just stopped using layer feed. I switched to grower for all ages, even adults, and I have a separate despenser for oyster shell and eggshell, and another dispenser for grit for the younger ones. I see all the ages eat all the shells and grit though. Recently I switched...

you don't want to mix in calcium supplements like oyster shell, always offer it free choice. mixed in calcium or switching to layer feed too early can overload and damage the kidneys before their bodies are ready to process the excess nutrients. it will not speed up laying. eggshells are...

I got mine from Bwalden here on BYC, here is his hatching egg add: http://new.backyardchickens.com/t/746229/welsummer-hatching-eggs-12-npip-certified I also got BCM eggs from him, the egg color is SOSOSO dark, very beautiful eggs and friendly personable hens.

my welsummers were the most flighty breed as chicks and pullets, but they matured out of it around laying age. they used to absolutely lose their minds around me, flying into the wire walls of the run. I am not sure what I did to cause that, because my other breeds didn't act that way and were...

I have not done that cross exactly, but my experience is that the chicks come out looking more like their mothers when making crossbreeds. I crossed welsummer hen with a BLR wyandotte cock and got rosecombed welsummers with darker chests and underfluff, but they still have the markings of a...

that's a pullet. this is a welsummer cockerel at 2-3mos old, (pullets in the background)

wow, he is beautiful!

one of mine laid at 19 weeks, the other at 20 :-)

They usually stop laying for 1-2 weeks before they show signs of molting / feather loss. Then they just drop all their feathers, and it becomes obvious very quickly :) Has she or the rest of the flock fully molted before? Adult hens (not pullets) can have a mini spring molt and a full fall...

nowhere near as good at taking photos as Johnn, but here is a pic of 1 of my welsummer pullets :-) she is almost 6 months old, and lays beautiful dark brown eggs.

she is beautiful :) I see you are close to your rooster boy too, glad he is working out for you

From bwalden's welsummer hatching eggs here on BYC, I got 2 roos and 7 pullets and a 9/9 hatchrate :) pretty dang good odds if you ask me! I have never been so lucky with the male to female ratio!

Hello Welsummer friends, I have two 3-month old cockerels (Channing Grisham/Lowell Barber) for sale near Forest Grove, Oregon. If anyone in Oregon is interested, here is the link!