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    How many of you are experiencing a drop in egg production?

    me too 1 to 3 eggs a day from 11 girls! When does it start to pick up again??? I know they need to finish their molt, and the days are short, so do they lay again as the days lengthen in January?
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    HELP! Must find homes for two pairs of 3.5 week old NICE Welsummers!

    I have 4 Well Bred, Welsummer chicks 3.5 weeks old, 2 cockerals and 2 pullets that NEED HOMES. The plans I had for them fell through. The Welsummer is a beautiful breed and the Kellogg's Corn Flake Rooster, "Cornelius" is a Welsummer. They lay dark brownTerra cotta colored eggs, some...
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    Welsummer Contest! PRIZE! *CLOSED*

    Here is our little Welsummer, Grace, the day after the others were photographed. She was extremely weak and I kept her in chickie ICU for 3 days, vitamins and electrolytes, and me up several times a night to check on her, so foolish but I got attached to her... and she went then out with the...
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    Welsummer Contest! PRIZE! *CLOSED*

    ( Boy) (Girl) ( adoptive mama roxie silkie) Sleepy girl chick) These are my now two week Wellie chicks at 1 day old. I got the eggs from vicki 2x2 who got some of her stock from OPA some of her eggs won champion in Michigan fair! I will be giving away the two boys if I can find...
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    2 little Welsummer Roosters free to good home

    Hi, My 2 week old batch of chicks seems to hold 2 roosters. They are from eggs whose siblings won the champion egg award at Michigan fair. I got them from vivki 2x2 on here. Beautiful birds, I just can't keep roosters, I will know for sure next week or so when their chests feather out. I...
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    Does anyone have a good success story of fail to thrive chick???

    Thats pretty amazing, Did you name her?
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    Does anyone have a good success story of fail to thrive chick???

    glad to hear your Turtle is doing well! I wish this was as simple...
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    Does anyone have a good success story of fail to thrive chick???

    Hi, My 5 little Welsummers all hatched over the last couple of days and went under a happy broody silkie, BUT there was a last egg in the incubator that had pipped and zipped 3/4 of the way and then stopped, I left it for 24 hours and it was still alive, so like a fool i helped it finish...
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    Early chick hatched... leave it or take it out of incubator?

    little new chick still not dry and still no action on the other eggs... Icandled a few days ago and all was well then...
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    How long can I leave early hatch chick in 'bator???

    Thanks so much, I will live it in until it is dry and see if it is still panting and looking uncomfortable...
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    How long can I leave early hatch chick in 'bator???

    How long can my brand new little Welsummer stay in the incubator without suffering ill effects, while waiting for the other eggs to hatch? I think I killed my other eggs last time when I took the first hatched chick out 8 hours after it hatched. today is day 20, one of this batch of eggs...
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    Early chick hatched... leave it or take it out of incubator?

    I am in the same situation, 1 Welsummer hatched just now in my r-com mini, they are not "due' until tomorrow, no pips in the other two eggs yet, or the other 3 in our second R-Com Mini. This little fuzzbutt still has to dry and rest before I slip it under our broody silkie, who hatched one of...
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    Must not touch! (update. babies are here!!!! pictures added)

    Yep US Silkies are banty sized, but big hearted Mama birds, Ours just hatched a baby this morning and its sibling eggs are starting to Pip in the incubator now, I know she will adopt them all and be a happy Mom!
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    Already have a pip..do what?

    I have A Welsummer CHICK under my broody silkie today and a Pip in one of the Welsummer eggs in the incubator too! Also Not due for another day and a half!!! How long can the wait between pip and zip be?
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    Anyone hatching on 20/21st August?

    We have lockdown on the 6 Welsummer eggs in the bator and 2 under the silkie! due the 17th...
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