The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[microchick]

I hope that last egg pips out a nice little pullet.

You and me both Rock Home Isle. Still no sign of an external pip. I was up at 5 to check it and plan to candle after breakfast.

On a bright note I got to see my little chipmunk this morning. What a little doll she is. There is a second chick with chipmunk markings that I'm starting to suspect may be a Welsummer/Speckled Sussex cross. I'd be really pleased with that cross breed if it is.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

You and me both Rock Home Isle. Still no sign of an external pip. I was up at 5 to check it and plan to candle after breakfast.

On a bright note I got to see my little chipmunk this morning. What a little doll she is. There is a second chick with chipmunk markings that I'm starting to suspect may be a Welsummer/Speckled Sussex cross. I'd be really pleased with that cross breed if it is.

Have you thought about crossing your Welsummer with a Barred Rock and starting the process of creating a breeding line of Welbars?

 

[aart]

Quote: I believe those 'Welbars' are a cross between Welsummer and Legbar....for oliveish eggs.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

I don't think that that is the cross that gives you a Welbar...

The Welbar is a sexlinked breed developed in the 40's by crossing a Welsummer rooster to a Barred Roock hen, then backcrossing to a Welsummer hen to get the true-breeding Welbar.

The birds pictured in my post are of a Golden Welbar pair.

If you start with a Silver Duckwing Welsummer, then you get a Silver Welbar. I don't think that a true breeding Silver Welbar exists any more. But I do believe that a few people are trying to remedy that situation.

 

[microchick]

Yes, aart, I have. I would have to approach it from the POV of a Welsummer rooster over a legbar hen as only two of my 5 Welsummer hens are laying fertile eggs.

I candled the egg a few minutes ago. Still no internal pip. I'm seeing outlines of little toes but no reaction to light.

I'm beginning to think this is a late quitter as there is something 'off' about the chick's position in the egg. Still we are giving it until tonight before we make a decision on it.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

I hope that all goes well and that you end up with a happy healthy chick.

 

[aart]

I don't think that that is the cross that gives you a Welbar...

The Welbar is a sexlinked breed developed in the 40's by crossing a Welsummer rooster to a Barred Roock hen, then backcrossing to a Welsummer hen to get the true-breeding Welbar.



The birds pictured in my post are of a Golden Welbar pair.

If you start with a Silver Duckwing Welsummer, then you get a Silver Welbar. I don't think that a true breeding Silver Welbar exists any more. But I do believe that a few people are trying to remedy that situation.

I see...many crosses with compounded breed monikers...many crosses called by pure breed names too...haha!

 

[Hobbshouse14]

Thank you to those that answered my gender questions earlier. It's pretty clear that we have a cockerel now at four and a half weeks old. Does anyone need him for flock protection or breeding? We are not allowed to have roosters in our neighborhood.

 

[microchick]

My last Welsummer egg didn't make. Eggtopsy showed that the embryo died at about 16-18 days. Nothing obvious. It just died. But my full Welly chick and the two (thought there was one, just counted 2) that look to be Welly/Speckled Sussex mix are doing great. There are 4 BO/Welly mixes and one full BO.

I'd have liked a better hatch ratio but hey, any day you get live chicks is a good day!

Finally got the pics of two of the boys from the first hatch uploaded. This is Primo on the left and Trey on the right. Both are Welsummer/Buff O crosses. The third cockerel is colored the same. Primo seems to have inherited the beautiful Welsummer blue green tail feathers.


I was really surprised that none of them inherited the striking hackle and wing feathers but have variations of the Buff O orange/golds.

 

[ronnhill7]

Does anyone have an explanation as to why it appears that the Welsummers have infertility issues?