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6/23/12 at 2:49pm

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Its been awhile since I have posted. We got our welsummers last fall in preparing for the county 4H fair. Well today all the waiting is over our son took a hen and a rooster to the fair. He received a reserve champion with the hen and a CHAMPion ribon on the rooster !! So proud of him and the rooster. Had to brag a little thanks

GREAT news!

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6/23/12 at 3:03pm

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Wonderful. Any photos?

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6/24/12 at 5:15am

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will try and get some thursday or friday after the fair.

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6/24/12 at 4:26pm

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Congratulations, looking forward to the pictures?

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6/26/12 at 3:58pm

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Well done. I am really looking forward to some proud pictures

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6/28/12 at 4:13pm

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New babies!! 6 silver duckwing and one gold duckwing bantam welsummers!! I'm so excited

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6/28/12 at 5:38pm

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Great news, Diane! congratulations!

Sad news, as our temps climbed up to 106 degrees, I lost my oldest CW Welsummer hen, one young Welsummer and my Coronation Sussex hen that I bought a few days back...the heat took the best of them. They had shades, plenty of water, the run has been soaked the night before but still didn't help. There isn't aything I can do now but hope they will take the heat a bit better.

There will be no relief from the heat for another week. Only rain can help. Only the survivial for the fittest now.

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6/28/12 at 5:57pm

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Great news, Diane! congratulations!

There will be no relief from the heat for another week. Only rain can help. Only the survivial for the fittest now.

I lost one of my older wellie girls yesterday. I was very sad.. they are in a shaded area, but I 'm with you, its tough on any weakness right now and age is a weakness

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6/29/12 at 5:32am

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There is so much a chicken can take.

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6/29/12 at 7:03am

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Tell me what you think of our boy. He is 17 weeks old, so he still has some filling out to do. Does his comb look good? (i think it does) eyes? Wattle size? coloring on chest? Anything else? You don't have to hold back. I will not get upset and if he is too young to start critiquing let me know that too.