You are correct...this bird belongs to Duane Smith by way of Doug Akers breeding. He got the bird as a chick from Doug and done a good job of raising the bird and done well at some shows last year with her. I'm not a Welsummer expert but to my untrained eye it is one of the best ones I have...
This is a picture of what I would consider to be a pretty good Welsumer pullet. Not my bird but since you guys were talking about them I thought I would post this.
Matt
Walt, have you seen any quality LF Dark Cornish in recent years in your judging travels? This may have been covered already but I am to lazy to go back and look.
Matt