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    Specked Sussex to Dominique hen makes?

    Specked Sussex to Dominique hen makes what outcome, please? I can't figure out the calculators.
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    Best chicken for the apocalypse?

    You asked about Wellsummers. I started with 14 of them for a couple years. They were a total bust. Only fair layers, Both roosters aggressive. Completely or nearly so stopped laying for 2 months in winter and never got back over 5 a day. By Comparison, My 14 Golden Comets have been laying a full...
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    Frozen eggs!!!

    Don't know about heated pads under the nest. I have heated seats in my truck and I have trouble getting my wife off her heated pad on a cold day when travelling. Now she's spoiled.
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    Will my chickens eat snow if their water freezes? Will they be safe?

    They do eat snow. Water consumption from their water bucket is cut in half here when I have snow (Ohio). They have warm water all the time as I use a hanging 5 gallon bucket with nipples underneath outside in their pen year round. In winter I just hang a birdbath heater inside the bucket thru a...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    Congrats mrheinz77, but from the size of that egg, I think you actually have an ostrich!
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    Winter coop lighting, what do you use?

    Quote: Fluorescent bulbs including the twisted Compact designs contain small amounts of mercury, your husband is correct. I haven't had a flourescent bulb shatter in the cold in our area, they are commonly used in outdoor signs but our temperature rarely drops below 15-20 degrees F. Read the...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    This was the first poultry show I ever went to. Health was something I wondered about. I noticed a LOT of chickens would keep giving their head a rapid shake like the were trying to get something out of their head. A lot of others were digging in their feathers like they had bugs. I asked a...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    Quote: How did this just show up in my Inbox? Or is this another Nat'l show that I hadn't heard about? , This was the Ohio National Poultry Show in Columbus Ohio Sat Nov 12. Yes there quite a few were partridge Leghorns, but my real surprise was the almost total lack of Welsummers. I did...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    I went to the National Poultry Show today, Saturday at 1:00PM. I was disappointed to see that out of 1500 or so birds entered, there was only 2 Welsummer cockerels, and 1 Welsummer pullet entered. The pullet won best of breed, but it was the only one there. I thought from what I had heared here...
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    5 double yokers in a row - picture

    Quote: Those are Welsummers
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    5 double yokers in a row - picture

    Picked at random for breakfast. 5 double yokers in a row. Double the fun.
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    Winter coop lighting, what do you use?

    Quote: I have a 5x6 coop on wheels with 14 Welsummers. I have electric installed and a 40 watt eqivelant LED bulb that uses only 7.5 actuall watts and on a timer. It works quite nicely and with the usage of 25000 hours life, it will last 17 years. With the LED it is not effected by cold...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    Congrats Tazcat. I loved my first proud egg parent moment too.
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    Mega algae problem in waterers. What is the best way to get rid of it?

    Quote: I would avoid the pennies in the water bowls. Pennies are not made from copper anymore. They are filled with zinc and copper plated. Not sure if the zinc at that level is even safe. JMHO You can use pennies - IF you check the dates. Pennies made 1982 and before are all copper...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    "Sir, plese study the lineup carefully and point out eggsactly which big white egg you saw at the scene of the crime" Ok, here are my first Welsummer eggs from my Myers Hatchery Welsummers. They are in order of laying, the white one is a Jumbo store bought. They started laying at the beginning...
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