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What was the outcome for your bird? I hope she is ok. I have one like that.

Does anyone in OR or WA have welsummer chicks available?

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Thank you! Yes, he is such great quality, which is rare in the BPRs in our region. I have tried contacting 4H groups in the area before, without luck. I took your suggestion about FB and looked it up, but there isn't much.

Sweet natured too!

Hello Oregon Peeps, I have a beautiful boy looking for a flock of his own: Well-bred Barred Plymouth Rock rooster. 6 months old. Bred to standard. Beautiful stock from a breeder- much higher quality than hatchery birds. Show quality/breeder quality, productive, and well-mannered. Very...

Well-bred Barred Plymouth Rock rooster. 6 months old. Ready for a flock of his own. Bred to standard. Beautiful stock from a breeder- much higher quality than hatchery birds. Show quality/breeder quality, productive, and well-mannered. Very impressive growth. His barring is serious eye-candy...

Canadian breeders include Under the Feather Farm. She has beautiful birds, is in BC. She got them from Breezy Bird Farms in Quebec. There is also Hortsmans Poultry in Manitoba, but I don't know anything about the quality of their stock. I personally raise and sell blue black splash. I'm in...

If your hens are full grown then yes absolutely, they could well be the cause. Hens can kill a weak rooster. For me, that is too young to integrate him. He has to be able to be in a position of dominance.

Hi Chicknmania, Did you ever find a solution for Captain? Thank you.

Hatched March 7. Great stock. Healthy, social. $10. Boring, Oregon.

Two Welsummer cockerels. Hatched March 7. Boring, OR. $10.

The Chicken Chick has an a write-up on using gasoline as suggested by an avian vet, I believe. Might want to look that up since it was a fairly sraightforward and quick process.

You did it right. I do it that way too and just make sure they have access to water.

Did you ever figure out what was wrong with your girl?