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post #6981 of 8433
4/18/12 at 8:03am
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I have some Wellies who tend to go broody. Last year I grafted 6 guinea keets onto one of them, and she raised them up perfectly. This year I've tucked some incubator hatchlings (Wellies) under a different one, and she took them on after a bit of screaming shock and peep-pecking. A few of my Wellies sound and look as though they're broody while laying but don't follow through. The Wellies are the only ones here who SCREAM and screech at me just when egg-laying, giving all impression of being broody ..... but not.

Hi Kate! All of my girls do that when they are laying an egg. They are fierce about their territory and their privacy when trying to lay, but boy howdy, they are savage when they are truly broody. Screech, puff up, screech some more, peck....screech.......you know the drill. LOL!

 

 

By the way...I was going to ask everyone.....my girls have stopped singing the egg song, seems like they haven't sang since my boy Odin has been gone. Do you think they know or miss him? He used to sing their song with them.

They have a new roo in with them as they are living in the laying flock until one of the cockerels that I just hatched from Kelly grows up, but the roo in with them does not sing the egg song.
 

I miss hearing them. Wonder if they will ever go back to it?

 

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post #6982 of 8433
4/18/12 at 8:05am

So last year I got a Welsummer and he turned out to be a rooster, so this year we thought we'd give the breed another shot. So far the one we got is very sweet and not showing any roo-like characteristics but I thought I'd check in with the experts. Is this a girl? We tried to get one with a very distinct 'v' shape on her head.

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I also realized just now that her legs are pink... Is this a poorly bred thing, or did they give us a different breed?

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post #6983 of 8433
4/18/12 at 8:38am
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So last year I got a Welsummer and he turned out to be a rooster, so this year we thought we'd give the breed another shot. So far the one we got is very sweet and not showing any roo-like characteristics but I thought I'd check in with the experts. Is this a girl? We tried to get one with a very distinct 'v' shape on her head.

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I also realized just now that her legs are pink... Is this a poorly bred thing, or did they give us a different breed?


I think this may not be a Welsummer..or atleast not a full blooded Welsummer. The "V" is the only thing on it that I see that resembles a Wellie. The dark brown color and chest color are off. Actually looks like it could be part Barnevelder maybe. Hope others come and give their opinions as well. Cute chick though! That dark chocolate brown color is lovely.

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post #6984 of 8433
4/18/12 at 8:43am

Okay. We got her from a local feed store that was also selling barnevelders so I guess its possible she could be a mix. We got her wanting dark eggs which we were told this breed lays, but since barnevelders also lay dark eggs it wouldn't bother us for her to be mixed. I guess we'll find out when she gets older.

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4/18/12 at 8:52am
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Okay. We got her from a local feed store that was also selling barnevelders so I guess its possible she could be a mix. We got her wanting dark eggs which we were told this breed lays, but since barnevelders also lay dark eggs it wouldn't bother us for her to be mixed. I guess we'll find out when she gets older.



Barnevelders do not lay as dark as some folks tend to think they do...their egg should be a little lighter than a Welsummer egg and can be speckled and/or smooth. Also has more of a coppery tint to it, vs, the deep rich Terra Cotta color/tone of the Wellie egg. That said...they can look very much like a Wellie egg and can be hard to tell the difference. Both eggs from both breeds are very pretty. smile.png

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4/18/12 at 8:55am


 

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Barnevelders do not lay as dark as some folks tend to think they do...their egg should be a little lighter than a Welsummer egg and can be speckled and/or smooth. Also has more of a coppery tint to it, vs, the deep rich Terra Cotta color/tone of the Wellie egg. That said...they can look very much like a Wellie egg and can be hard to tell the difference. Both eggs from both breeds are very pretty. smile.png


yeah, well so long as it's darker then the eggs we're getting now we wont mind. our girls who are laying all lay pretty much the same light brown color.

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post #6987 of 8433
4/18/12 at 9:58am
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well it has to be #11, its the only welsummer in the bunch!
 


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post #6988 of 8433
4/18/12 at 10:57am

Could that chick be a Partridge Rock? or Brown Leghorn?

 

It is normal for newborn chicks to get pinkish legs but as they get older, they will turn yellow.

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post #6989 of 8433
4/18/12 at 9:00pm

No they didn't have any of those breeds. They did have speckled sussex so I'm thinking that might be what she is.

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post #6990 of 8433
4/18/12 at 9:13pm

So wellsummers typically lay a lighter brown egg than marans, right? I'm really wanting a nice color pallete with my eggs. I'd like to add some dark egg hens. 

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