The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[Tailfeathers]

Ok as per Mr Channing Grisham, Harry Shaw of Calicowoods bought most of his stock. So obviously, our Calicowoods birds came from Mr Grisham's stock but it is so far removed from the original flock.

Royce, if that is the case, would you say that Calicowoods->Channing Grisham->Frank Clark UK....how would you say the strain for these birds? Clark strains????? Or unknown?

Robin, I would have to say "Unknown".

I just finished reading a couple articles in the April issue of Poultry Press. One dealt with the issue of "strain" and the other dealt with the issue of "Breed Individuals And Not Names!" I would recommend reading them both.

I don't have time to go into it all now but I can tell you this - I've been breeding the Welsummers for years now and while I have my own line, I'm a long ways from having my own strain.

God Bless,

 

[NCSprout]

Okay Kim (pinkchick) and those of you wondering about broody welsummers,

Here's a couple of nice shots of mine. Sure am glad I don't have any orders for eggs.

Yes that is 3 broody welsummers you see. LOL. Only 2 of them are actually on hatching eggs. The one in with the Orloff decided to join the group yesterday, so I need to get her a nest of her own.

This last pic is of the first broody welsummer. She adopted a clutch of chicks I had hatched in my incubator at the same time she hatched 2 of her wellie babies. She has been an excellent mother hen. So all total I have 4 broody welsummers, and they are determined...

 

[Opa]

I'm still out of town but I will be home by Saturday in time to candle eggs and put them in to lock down. I sure hope I have a hatch rate equal to the one experienced by my friend in Oklahoma that I had sent eggs to. Of the 22 eggs that went into lock down he hatched 21. A great success rate but when one considers that it was with eggs I had shipped to him it is amazing.

 

[naturespace]

NC, I can't wait to get a broody. I kind of hope it is not one my m Welsummers thou.

Go broody girls!!!

 

[Doctor Gonzo]

If anyone can help me identify just what breeds (non black birds) are, that would be helpful. We were told they were Welsummer chicks, and they all LOOKED like Welsummer chicks until they started molting. If one of you lovely folks could tag the photo and PM it back to me I would appreciate it.

THANKS!

 

[faykokoWV]

the two in front look like Welsummer roos

 

[EweSheep]

I honestly don't think they are true Welsummers. Looks like crosses of some kind. The feather colors are all wrong. They may be Welsummer crosses but there are plenty of chicks on there that has alot of barring pattern. No Welsummers should have barring patterns or blue

 

[NCSprout]

a lot of them look to have some silver to me. definitely a few blues in there. it's also hard to tell much with them all mixed up like that. I would say you have mostly non-welsummers there. I think the yellow legged one in front is the only one that comes close, but it is questionable as well. It will be interesting to see how the feather out as adults. might have a few olive-eggers. The one light one (girl?) standing in the back looks almost like it might be porcelain.

 

[faykokoWV]

the one on the right looking at the camera looks like a penciled rock maybe?? I suck at chick identification

 

[Cynthia12]

I wrapped each egg in bubble wrap. Next I cut the tops off of several foam egg cartons. I used a box large enough that I could put 2 cartons in the bottom, 2 on each side with the bottoms facing in. The bubble wrapped eggs were placed inside with foam peanut between each egg. Finally 2 egg carton were fitted on top. Evidently it worked. The egg were several days in transit and traveled over 1100 miles.

I just checked out your pictures! I want a Vorwerk! Beautiful. Do they lay pretty good..from what I read, they lay around 170 eggs a year..not bad! On the smaller size, and beautiful! Do you ever sell those eggs? Wrong page for this question, but I know you are here...well, when you are here! lol....