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They just started laying, so they are not very old. They did all come from the same place, and they were very well cared for. Their first day in their new home, they each gave me an egg. I was really surprised, as I'd been told they may need a couple days to acclimate to the new environment
 
Any tips on feed I can prepare at home? Not a big fan of commercial food. I don't like over processed food for my family, and don't think it's great for my hens either.
 
Thank you. I'm loving every minute of this! I can't wait to get more birds!
 
I've done it! I got 2 more wellsummers! I'm loving this! I was worried I wouldn't get enough eggs, but I got 2 dozen in a week, so I think they are doing good. Is there any benefits to having a rooster other than fertilization? Not sure I'm ready for a rooster yet.
 
When you mentioned tiny hard-boiled eggs I couldn't help but share this. We had zebra finches a few years ago and they would not stop laying eggs and trying to hatch them, no matter what. We were trying to cut down on the number of eggs, so we cooked some of them.

Here is a hard-boiled egg


And a fried egg. So cute!
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Not sure if you can see the spots, but this is from a wellsummer. The spots are grey, shouldn't they be dark brown? Worried about the girls. Don't want anything to be wrong.
 
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Not sure if you can see the spots, but this is from a wellsummer. The spots are grey, shouldn't they be dark brown? Worried about the girls. Don't want anything to be wrong.
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Don't worry, speckles on eggs are normal, including light speckles. It depends on the individual hen, the strain, breed, blood-lines, ect to what the coloration will end up being. Welsummers are suppose to have dark eggs but sometimes when not selected for it a strain of that breed may begin to lay lighter eggs.
 

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