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post #1 of 8438
11/29/09 at 11:54am
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................let's start talking Wellies!



Ready, set, GO!


Edited by pinkchick - 12/24/09 at 2:18pm

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post #2 of 8438
11/29/09 at 12:00pm

My one and only Wellie as a baby...she almost to POL now, but I don't have any new pics, cuz she's a wacko!! wink

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/15879_welsummer.jpg

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post #3 of 8438
11/29/09 at 12:04pm

Calmest, nicest birds that I have. I have three young cockrels and three year old hens in a small pen. They get along good and I have never had a problem with any of them.
Here is a picture from several weeks ago.


http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii121/becky3086/Welsummers.jpg

BTW Japanese,mille fleur Jap project,  corturnix quail, some red chickens I got at TSC, one EE and 2 EE chicks, and some really poor pyncheons, 10 ducks and 2 welsh harlequin ducklings,  one pheasant hen, one pheasant chick, one MFC chick, 2 Norwegian Jaerhon chicks.
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BTW Japanese,mille fleur Jap project,  corturnix quail, some red chickens I got at TSC, one EE and 2 EE chicks, and some really poor pyncheons, 10 ducks and 2 welsh harlequin ducklings,  one pheasant hen, one pheasant chick, one MFC chick, 2 Norwegian Jaerhon chicks.
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post #4 of 8438
11/29/09 at 5:34pm

My Wellsummers are my favorite dark egg layers Hands down. They are the best layers! I am getting 5-6 eggs a (week) lol from my two girls and they are still dark and speckled! Just Beautiful Eggs! big_smile I will get the picture off my camera soon and post it on this thread. Glad you started this one up. Shhh I much prefer Wellsummers to Marans wink

Edited because Im a dummy tongue


Edited by hcammack - 11/29/09 at 6:26pm
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post #5 of 8438
11/29/09 at 5:45pm

I have to agree on the egg laying abilities. Mine always have eggs for me, every day. I agree, I MUCH prefer welsummers to marans, much better temperment. I had two of my own welsummer chicks hatch tonight big_smile . I will get pictures tomorrow, if I get the chance.

BTW Japanese,mille fleur Jap project,  corturnix quail, some red chickens I got at TSC, one EE and 2 EE chicks, and some really poor pyncheons, 10 ducks and 2 welsh harlequin ducklings,  one pheasant hen, one pheasant chick, one MFC chick, 2 Norwegian Jaerhon chicks.
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BTW Japanese,mille fleur Jap project,  corturnix quail, some red chickens I got at TSC, one EE and 2 EE chicks, and some really poor pyncheons, 10 ducks and 2 welsh harlequin ducklings,  one pheasant hen, one pheasant chick, one MFC chick, 2 Norwegian Jaerhon chicks.
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post #6 of 8438
11/29/09 at 5:50pm
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Originally Posted by hcammack 

I am getting 5-6 eggs a day from my two girls and they are still dark and speckled!


Them's some special hens!

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post #7 of 8438
11/29/09 at 5:56pm

I have no Wellsummers but they are at the top of my list to get in the spring! I have already told and showed my wife what the next chickens will be. She said that was fine as long as I get her some Silkies at the same time;)

"I here you clickin' big chicken."
Husband to a wonderful wife, Father to 2 great boys, 4 Hens and Roosters

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"I here you clickin' big chicken."
Husband to a wonderful wife, Father to 2 great boys, 4 Hens and Roosters

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post #8 of 8438
11/29/09 at 6:02pm
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Originally Posted by TimG 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hcammack 

I am getting 5-6 eggs a day from my two girls and they are still dark and speckled!


Them's some special hens!


lau  I didn't even catch that the first time.

BTW Japanese,mille fleur Jap project,  corturnix quail, some red chickens I got at TSC, one EE and 2 EE chicks, and some really poor pyncheons, 10 ducks and 2 welsh harlequin ducklings,  one pheasant hen, one pheasant chick, one MFC chick, 2 Norwegian Jaerhon chicks.
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BTW Japanese,mille fleur Jap project,  corturnix quail, some red chickens I got at TSC, one EE and 2 EE chicks, and some really poor pyncheons, 10 ducks and 2 welsh harlequin ducklings,  one pheasant hen, one pheasant chick, one MFC chick, 2 Norwegian Jaerhon chicks.
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post #9 of 8438
11/29/09 at 6:27pm
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Originally Posted by TimG 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hcammack 

I am getting 5-6 eggs a day from my two girls and they are still dark and speckled!


Them's some special hens!


lol Thanks for catching that for me ha ha very obvious I didn't read over my post

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post #10 of 8438
11/29/09 at 8:37pm

My Welsummers are some of the best layers I have.  I am getting eggs almost every day from my 2 Welsummers.  Most of the other breeds have slowed way down or stopped for the winter but these two just keep on laying.  They would make the Everyredy bunny proud!    lol 

I have noticed that my Welsummers seem to be the smartest of all the breeds in my flock.

I am going to add 20 to 25 chicks to my flock this April.  3 - 5 of these will be Welsummers.

1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 2 Gold Laced Wyandotte, 1 BLRW, 1 Columbian Wyandotte, 4 Rhode Island Red, 6 Easter Eggers, 3 Barred Rock, 3 Welsummer, 2 Buff Orpington, 2 White Leghorn, 2 Brown Leghorn, 3 Gold Sex Links, 2 Delaware, 1 Mixed Maran.    And a partridge in a pear tree... (just kidding on the partridge).
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1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 2 Gold Laced Wyandotte, 1 BLRW, 1 Columbian Wyandotte, 4 Rhode Island Red, 6 Easter Eggers, 3 Barred Rock, 3 Welsummer, 2 Buff Orpington, 2 White Leghorn, 2 Brown Leghorn, 3 Gold Sex Links, 2 Delaware, 1 Mixed Maran.    And a partridge in a pear tree... (just kidding on the partridge).
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