The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Don't those big Welsummer rooster look awesome?

 

[chicks are me]

I love my welsummers!!! My still haven't started laying, but they will soon ( they are about 5 1/2 months ) mine are very spoiled and like attention I hope they start laying soon

 

[Rattie]

Tailfeathers and everyone else, thank you!!! He's a good roo but I can sure see the difference. He's from a hatchery, as are my others, and now that I'm starting to love this chicken business, I'm going with a breeder next chicken I buy!

 

[faykokoWV]

Tailfeathers and everyone else, thank you!!! He's a good roo but I can sure see the difference. He's from a hatchery, as are my others, and now that I'm starting to love this chicken business, I'm going with a breeder next chicken I buy!

I started out the exact same way... bought chicks from a hatchery, thought they looked beautiful, then started looking at breeder birds. Initially I still couldn't see the difference, but as I learned what I was looking for I knew I had to get better birds

 

[Tailfeathers]

I started out the exact same way... bought chicks from a hatchery, thought they looked beautiful, then started looking at breeder birds. Initially I still couldn't see the difference, but as I learned what I was looking for I knew I had to get better birds

If I were to wager, my guess is that most of us started that way. Some may recall many of my earliest posts where I talked about getting a dozen chicks each from four different hatcheries. Out of over 50 birds, I think I kept four initially. Stubs, gray spots in the legs, off color markings, lousy egg color - and that was just what I could see before I ever knew there was such a thing as "Type"!

Once I found my original breeder, I got rid of those remaining birds, and then got bit by the "Breeder & Show" bug. Now alas, I am probably a hopeless addict.

God Bless,

 

[Suri]

I have welsummer too.. 2 pullets: willy and sunny... But they have not lay any eggs yet and they are adult size... I guess mine are a little slow..

 

[faykokoWV]

I have welsummer too.. 2 pullets: willy and sunny... But they have not lay any eggs yet and they are adult size... I guess mine are a little slow..

don't feel bad, mine are slow to start laying too! Its worth the wait though

 

[Squeaky McMurdo]

Somebody pinch me! I have found a mega-thread full of Welsummer pictures

 

[faykokoWV]

Somebody pinch me! I have found a mega-thread full of Welsummer pictures

 

will a hug work, there's no emoticon for a pinch lol

 

[bwalden]

Pic of my Welsummer Roo