My Wellsummer hens' eggs are not dark brown

[mike0221]

Have two Wellsummer laying hens I purchased from a local farm, but the eggs are no darker brown than my Rhode Island Red and Barred Rock. Do some Wellsummer chickens not lay dark brown eggs with speckles?

 

[ShockValue]

Can you post some pics of your Welsummers? Is the local farm a reputable breeder?

My first guess is that perhaps you got a barnyard mix.

 

[mike0221]

Thanks for the response and I think you are right. Attached are the pics. I am going to call the breeder tomorrow to see if she will take them back. They are pretty and I enjoy them, but I can only have a limited flock and want them to be of the chickens I really want.

 

[youngchooklover]

Thanks for the response and I think you are right. Attached are the pics. I am going to call the breeder tomorrow to see if she will take them back. They are pretty and I enjoy them, but I can only have a limited flock and want them to be of the chickens I really want.

They do look mixed.

 

[mike0221]

Ugh. Ok, I guess they will go back to the breeder. I really appreciate it.

 

[ShockValue]

I am in the same boat. I can only comfortably hold about 8 chickens, so I'm picky about my birds. Right now I have 4 hatchery-mutts (they were our first chickens) that will eventually get "phased out". Nothing wrong with them, but they don't fit into the "grand scheme"

 

[donrae]

Agree those aren't Wellies but barnyard mixes. Hopefully you can work something out with the seller.