Barbu de Watermael thread?

[SarahLadd]

Wow! He did mature early.

He was born March 22 in the AM. That makes him 17 weeks old tomorrow

 

[Chicken poppy]

i read this as watermelon at first, whoops.

I love Watermaels, watching!

 

[Amer]

My four month (almost five month) Buckeye and Welsummer cockerels are now in the stage where they discover their sexuality. And the pullets are laying eggs. I had to remove them from the pullets (since there were more cockerels than pullets and the poor girls were getting beat up.) Isn’t growing up beautiful?

 

[Lemon-Drop]

i read this as watermelon at first, whoops.

I love Watermaels, watching!

Same! They’re very cute.

 

[SarahLadd]

My four month Buckeye and Welsummer cockerels are now in the stage where they discover their sexuality. We had to remove them from the pullets (since there were more cockerels than pullets and the poor girls were getting beat up.) Isn’t growing up beautiful?

Agate is leaving his young hatchmates alone. As a result, the watermael girls cloister with themselves, and Agate follows the big girls.

 

[SarahLadd]

Dang y'all, it's a scorcher. I'm bringing my fluffier ones in.

 

[Amer]

Agate is leaving his young hatchmates alone. As a result, the watermael girls cloister with themselves, and Agate follows the big girls.

Yeah, your young girls are fortunate he’s the only rooster. Fortunately, a cockerel can’t bully hens, they let him know when they’ve had enough.

 

[Roosters Egg]

I'd be afraid of hatching like.. one baby. lol. I honestly have no idea what the watermael comb does mixed with d'anvers comb genetics. I know the rose comb does some really screwy stuff to sperm viability.

d’anver is the main breed in a watermael. You should be good.

 

[Amer]

Yeah, a Watermael comb is just a rose comb with three spikes. No difference in viability. It’s already screwed up.

 

[SarahLadd]

Kristen thinks my eggs aren't fertile. There are little dark dots around the center white spot and she says those are an indicator of a not fertile egg.