The Welsummer Thread!!!! - Page 692

Awwww, what a cutie!

Took a closer look at the Nate Vanwey Wellies and they are looking mighty FINE! Chest feathers are popping in and I see all but one possible cockeral. 

Now if that little boy can keep quiet during the summer months, he might just get lucky for the fall and winter months! If not, I've got someone who would want him for their flock! 

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Originally Posted by EweSheep 

Took a closer look at the Nate Vanwey Wellies and they are looking mighty FINE! Chest feathers are popping in and I see all but one possible cockeral. 

 

Now if that little boy can keep quiet during the summer months, he might just get lucky for the fall and winter months! If not, I've got someone who would want him for their flock! 

 if you need a back up place for a rooster let me know

Hope you are feeling better and still taking it easy!
 

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Originally Posted by EweSheep 

Took a closer look at the Nate Vanwey Wellies and they are looking mighty FINE! Chest feathers are popping in and I see all but one possible cockeral. 

 

Now if that little boy can keep quiet during the summer months, he might just get lucky for the fall and winter months! If not, I've got someone who would want him for their flock! 

darn it, I thought I got all the boys out of that bunch... they all had pretty sharp V's on their head

My girls are not yet 2 years old, and their legs look bleached out already. I know Wellie legs should be yellow and they were last year, but I'm very disappointed at how light they seem to be now.  Should I be concerned that they are near the end of their laying cycle already?  I thought I'd have a few more years...

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Originally Posted by grandmaof5 

My girls are not yet 2 years old, and their legs look bleached out already. I know Wellie legs should be yellow and they were last year, but I'm very disappointed at how light they seem to be now.  Should I be concerned that they are near the end of their laying cycle already?  I thought I'd have a few more years...

Would they be getting ready to molt?  We have 4 that are in various stages of molt and 2 look like a lawn mower went over them.
 

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Originally Posted by Hens and Roos 

Would they be getting ready to molt?  We have 4 that are in various stages of molt and 2 look like a lawn mower went over them.
 

 

I'd check for mites as well, that can make them look lighter if they have scales

Mine get bleachy yellow when they are laying or under molt or stress. During the winter months, getting fat and sassy, they would return to dull yellow. However the roo should maintain their YELLOW legs at all times unless he was stressed out or bad nutrition or mites.

I checked for mites, and they are clean;  they are not moulting, they've just recently started laying again after a months' long moult.  Stressed?  I don't know whay they would be...nothing has changed, they aren't crowded...  *shrugs

I have LF welsummers.  I need information about the silver duckwing chicks- pictures would be fantastic.  I've seen pictures of adults but no chicks.  The reason why-I've just had some chicks hatch yesterday.  I have a welsummer chick to hatch that doesn't look like the others.  It has a silver looking body were the others are the normal tan/light brown color.  Could a silver pop up out of the average partridge coloring?  The only info on S. DWs I can find is in the banties and my flock is large fowl and not mixed.

Please help!  I'll post a pic of the "odd" chick with a sibling a little later.