Thanks for the response. They were "supposed" to be pure but i know she also has lemon cuckoo orpingtons and Appenzeller Spitzhauben's in other pens so i wonder if a lemon cuckoo is mixed in. Either way i cant wait to see how it matures!
Hey guys, i am new to welsummers. I purchased fertile eggs and had a good hatch. I have one chick however who is much lighter than the others. Is this normal?
here is the light one
and for comparison, top to bottom welsummer, ee, the light welsummer, rir, and another welsummer
I have a chick hatched approx April 12th, she is a black Sex link. I don't believe she is being plucked or picked on, she's with a few other chicks in a heated 10x10 shed with 24/7 food and water.
One side is maturing fine and her other side isn't feathering in right.
This is Mo my Polish x. She(i think) hatched out May 18th. We got a couple new chickens and while establishing a pecking order Mo got injured. Someone ripped all her neck feathers off, they came off in one ball. I caught a chicken running around with it. It bled lightly and has stopped but I am...
Sorry for your loss! I just did some googling as I had not heard of that. Hope the rest of your flock does well. Ps, we are practically neighbors I'm in Danville!
Hey Guys!
I had a buff orpington hen go broody and had 8 chicks hatch in my incubator so I stuck them under her last night in hopes she would take them. She did, however she has gone broody in a laying box that is high up and there is no way the chicks and safetly get up and down. I put a milk...
Hey guys, I have 10 eggs due to hatch Saturday in my incubator with an egg turner. I usually move them to my empty incubator for lock down a few days ahead of time. Well I came home today and had a chick hatched, everything appears fine but wondering if you guys think I should lock down the...
Hello I bought mixed eggs that were pure barnevelder roo over pure americauna, cream legbars, swedish flower, barred frizzle, brabanter and sl polish hens. I am just curious if you think this chick may mature with the barnevelder color pattern? Either way I love it!