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Is this sound a Welsummer 'thing'?

post #1 of 3
5/4/12 at 6:07am
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Hello friends - We just purchased 17 Welsummer chicks at four different ages - same parents.  Saw the parent birds when picked up

the chicks and they were gorgeous.

 

We've only previously hatched and raised BRs and we immediately

noticed on the ride home that the Wellies were making totally different

sounds than we've ever heard from our BRs.  They were making this

sort of cooing, then almost warbling and then a trilling sort of sound!

We loved it - very soothing and calming - not at all like the loud chirps

and squawks we hear from our BRs.

 

Is this a 'normal' Wellie thing?  Also, when they are beyond the just

hatched stage, how do you differentiate the sexes?  Thanks so much.

 

Elaine

Mountain View Farms - Home of 'The Pampered Pullet' - We Breed, Hatch, Grow Out & Sell 

Welsummers, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Delawares, New Harmpshire Reds, Black Australorps, 

Buff Orpingtons, White Leghorns and Easter Eggers    www.localharvest.org/farms/M15533

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Mountain View Farms - Home of 'The Pampered Pullet' - We Breed, Hatch, Grow Out & Sell 

Welsummers, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Delawares, New Harmpshire Reds, Black Australorps, 

Buff Orpingtons, White Leghorns and Easter Eggers    www.localharvest.org/farms/M15533

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post #2 of 3
5/4/12 at 6:20am

Hi there! Congratulations on getting Welsummer (great choice), I have 4 wellies and I LOVE them! They do lay fairly well, and all of them have such sweet personalities. :) I've raised mine from chicks and they do make a lot of interesting sounds. When sexing, you first look at their eyes if the chick is a pullet it will have dark eyeliner, the end of the eyeliner will extend all the way to the ear. Then look at the top of the head, if there is a dark line its an indication of a pullet. If they are over 4 weeks, the eyeliner and stripe on the head will be less apparent and you should sex them as you would any other chicken. 

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post #3 of 3
5/4/12 at 6:38am

My Marans and Silkie chicks both make that trilling sound. Most of the time, it's their "bed time song". Right before darkness, they all start. I hadn't had chickens for almost 20 years, and the last ones I did have were BR. I don't ever remember them making half the noises these breeds do, but then again, I was a working Mom of 2, and didn't have much time to just sit and watch the chickens. Now that I do, I'm learning all kinds of things about their noises and behaviors! They a quite interesting for sure! Good luck with your Wellies!!

"Live and learn from fools and from sages" ~ Aerosmith
Black & Blue Copper Marans, and one Wheaten ~ White, Partridge & BBS Silkies
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"Live and learn from fools and from sages" ~ Aerosmith
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