One of my 'Wellies' Came out black and white!! Help! what IS it?

[Mahonri]

cheatin'!

 

[BeardedChick]

Who is cheatin'?

 

[Tailfeathers]

Hi,

If I read correctly there are two folks on here who got Welsummer eggs from WA and had the black chicks hatch from them.

Obviously, another rooster got in with at least one of the hens. If that is the case, the others may not be full Welsummer either even though they look like it on the outside.

I raise, breed, and show Welsummers so I would very much appreciate it if those who got the eggs from WA and wound up with the black chicks would send me a personal email and let me know who they got them from.

There may come a time when I will want to bring in some new blood into my flock for breeding purposes. As of right now, I am only getting birds from a breeder that I believe to be very careful about his breeding but I want to be sure it is not this person. I also don't want to get any birds from that person regardless of who it is in the future. Just one mistake like that can take years of breeding to fix.

Just FYI, as this may be useful information to those who read this, here is an example of what I do when I sell my hatching eggs.

I have separate breeding pens for each specific hen(s) according to their line as identified by toe punch. I then put a specific rooster in with the hens. I was leaving the roosters in with the hens but there is no need to because a hen will remain fertile for 10-14 days after a mating. So to save the hen wear and tear and stress, I pull the rooster out either after I've witnessed a couple of matings or after a couple of days.

When I collect the eggs, I mark them with a pencil from the pen that the egg came from. When I ship the eggs, I send the Buyer and email telling them not only the corresponding Pen # to the egg, but the ID# for both the Mom and Pop for the egg. That then helps them with their records and their breeding plans. It also allows me to follow up with them and discuss things like whether or not all the eggs made it there without any damage and then which eggs, if any, did not hatch. Later on, after the chicks have matured I can find out other things. (i.e. How many Wheatens, Blue Wheatens, Splash Wheatens, males, and females?). Did any of the birds show any serious faults or DQ’s. Finally, once they start getting eggs, I would like to know how the color of the pullets eggs are compared to the ones I sent them.

I know there are breeders out there who just throw a bunch of birds of the same breed in a pen and then sell the eggs but I don't personally find that to be helpful to either Buyer or myself.

So again, I would appreciate a personal email from y'all and let me know where you got these eggs from in WA.

God Bless,

 

[pnp4kidz]

Wow Tail Feathers, you go to great pains on this breeding!

Mine were from Louisiana, so not mine.
and my breeder confirmed that his hens and one roo are in a pen and live there together... all one breed.
He also breeds Coo Coo Marans, and Black Copper Marans, so he looked at the chick and says it's a coo coo maran.

His kids are the 4H'ers, and while the oldest is a teen and reliable, the youngest is in grade school, and sometimes isn't so reliable at either marking the eggs when picked up, or might have mixed one up when packaging....

I saved the shells of the three hatched when he 'arrived', and will look to see if I see all of them marked.... they have a 'w' on them mostly...

anyway, do you guys think he looks like a coo coo maran baby?
in any case, He's cute, and I"m hoping 'he' is a 'she'...


the other six are definately wellies, and I think all pullets! cool!
I have another dozen waiting for Tuesday to lay down and start thinking of hatching! we are going to lose sleep for two weeks straight!

 

[BeardedChick]

Obviously, another rooster got in with at least one of the hens. If that is the case, the others may not be full Welsummer either even though they look like it on the outside.

My black chick is the result of a couple of JG hens temporarily housed w/ the Wellies, and a few of those hen's eggs were mixed into my order by accident. It was NOT a rogue rooster in the breeding program! No worries about that!!

 

[Tailfeathers]

Well, that's good to hear - but I don't see how you could mistake a JG egg for a Wellie egg.

God Bless,

 

[EweSheep]

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Man, if I can do your bookkeeping, I would go crazy trying to find out who is who

Sent ya email! I love your method anyway!