LUCKY! $2 each is a bargain. I'll have to start looking around to see what I can find. I have three (one a buff orphington) that are pushing 4 years of age. Well past their prime laying years. I just bought 5 more chicks so I can get more eggs. Once you've had fresh its pretty much...
OH NO! I've never eaten one of mine (though I threaten to when my hens stop laying during the winter!). To be honest, it isn't as if I'm "against" it....I just don't know of anyone that would do it (butcher, clean and package). I'd eat it! Just not kill it......
That photo seriously looks like mine! Amazing how a "mutt" breed that is crossed with who knows what can resemble another so closely. I'm obviously new at this but....quite interesting.
Awww crap! Are you saying if "her" tail feather curls it's a male? I've attached a few more photos with her tail in them (sorry, I was focused on getting photos of her fluffy cheeks so this is all I got of her tail). Does this help determine the gender? Getting an EE instead of a Welsummer...
S S So.....I was sold this pullet at Rural King and told it was a Welsummer pullet. She is about 2.5 months old now (may be older....when I bought her she had already lost her down). I already know something is "odd" as she has dark legs and I've been told Welsummers have yellow legs. On top of...
Soooo....I bought a Welsummer from Rural King and she has the same colored legs. Is she a Welsummer or does the leg color mean she's an Easter Egger? Will she lay brown or olive eggs? (see photo showing her leg color - looks EXACTLY like the ones the original person posted)
I was bought this pullet from Rural King when it was about a month old (pretty much all had all its feathers except her head). I was told she is a Welsummer but.....she's now close to 2 months old and it looks as if she's getting fluffy feathers by her cheeks and her legs are greenish. The...