They are in fact a hardy, productive bird. Both the Dr. Whiting Greens and Blues can have any feather pattern, it is impossible to ID them from feather. I currently have 5 Blues and 3 Greens. Great layers, friendly, hardy birds. I will buy more for my colored egg needs in the future. I bought...
I crossed Welsummers with Naked Necks and had amazing production, size and color. At present, I have a mixed flock of Whiting True Greens and Blues. The larger of these colored eggs are huge and the color is gorgeous. So;
1. Welsummer x Naked neck
2. Whiting True's - (The green eggs are olive...
Could a post make less sense? We are showing, we are not showing. Let me try this again please. Our primary intent is not to sho, however, I will take a Roo or 2 to the show simply to see how close to the SOP they are. Most folk are biased against hatchery birds for obvious reasons...
We are not planning on showing them. I will say, for hatchery birds, the Roo's are excellent. They look to be hitting the SOP thus far, I plan on taking the 2 "best" to a show or two and let pro judges take a look see.I do not plan on showing them, so the SOP really is irrelevant to us. We are...
McMurray Hatchery. Straight run. 23 Wellies / 2 Turkens / 1 mystery. Mystery chick died day 1, we culled 1 hostile chick, another wellie died day 3. Remainder is remarkably healthy at 14 weeks. Received 11 Welsumer hens / 9 Welsumer roo's, both Turkens are hens. We will be breeding by fall 2014.