The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[Opa]

While the sunlight makes it hard to get a good idea of his colors, his chest looks gray. Plus his comb looks too bulbous and has too many points. Wattles are too long and pendulous. So you can surmiss that I agree with EweSheep.

Posting that you were born in 1965, or in the 50's; you folks sure know how to remind a feller of just what an old rooster I have become. Let's see...........in 1965 I was quite busy doing...........no, I better quit while I'm ahead.

 

[pinkchick]

Then I won't post that I was born in 1971 and add to it.

 

[pinkchick]

Vanalpaca~

Wenatchee has certainly done some major changing since you grew up there. I can fully understand why alot may have been missed whilst growing up in the that area.

 

[FarmCoe]

I've got a lovely welsummer roo but I can't figure out how to post a picture of him!

Can someone help?

 

[FarmCoe]

I figured out how! (I think)

Here is my most prized welsummer rooster:

 

[Hens and Roos]

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Awesome!

, they are such good layers once they start!

 

[Hens and Roos]

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Boy you all have me beat

some more than others! Pink you only by a couple year

 

[EweSheep]

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He is indeed your prized rooster......glad you like him!

 

[EweSheep]

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I agree with you on the roo!

LOL Opa, maybe I can figure out what you have been doing, I can ONLY guess!

Well some of us are near of that age by twenty years so we ain't doing too bad when it comes to life experiences and picking out good birds!

The more older you get, the more you can take the critiques on your birds, being open minded about it and not flipping out bad when you have someone telling you that you can do better!

 

[vanalpaca]

There is ALWAYS a better roo out there than the one in your coop. Simple rule of life.
Your roo is ALWAYS the best roo you've ever seen. This is commonly called 'barn blind'. It means when the only livestock you see all the time is your own and you aren't out there comparing them to others, like in photos or to a show or to the Standard, that you start believing that your's is the best ever. Makes it hard to CULL, but since chickens can be repurposed, that will make it easier for me I HOPE.

AARP sent me a membership card in the mail when I turned 50. It was so unexpected, it is the only thing that ever made me CRY about a birthday! I always thought that was the old geezer, gray haired club!! Shucks, I wasn't THAT old, YET.

I'm ready to relinquish the world to the youngsters and their technology. I'm just uncertain how well they will do with it since they have NO PATIENCE.

I have yet to meet some of you IN PERSON, so Chickenstock will be more fun than ever. When I moved here, the only people I met were retirees. Now those friends, after 10 years, are up in their 80's. Didn't think they were old roosters!

Cheers, Bonnie