The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[rarebear]

My Wellie is super talkative too. She is the first to run to me with the daily new of the coop report.

 

[naturespace]

My Wellies talk a lot too. I have one hen that wants to snuggle next to my leg while I pet her. If someone else is there she will push them out of the way. Very cute.

 

[Nickeyo]

do u have pics of full grown welsummer roos

heres my hen

 

[bwalden]

do u have pics of full grown welsummer roos

heres my hen

Here's a couple pics of some of mine. Notice my hens in molt in some of the pics. I also re-homed the roo with the white tail feather.

 

[Hens and Roos]

We are on day 19 of incubating our Welsummer eggs- had 9 that we are watching

 

[rodeo chicken]

I have an 11 month old hen that's just decided not to roost in the coop but in a pine tree. These are my first wells i have mostly Marans and barred rocks is this normal of the breed or just a rare personality thing. I've watched them for a few days and she's not being picked on or bothered by an aggressive roo. Btw they are free range and coop is setup with a "custom/homemade " dusk to dawn chick door with temp sensor and is heated when it's below 35

 

[bwalden]

I have an 11 month old hen that's just decided not to roost in the coop but in a pine tree. These are my first wells i have mostly Marans and barred rocks is this normal of the breed or just a rare personality thing. I've watched them for a few days and she's not being picked on or bothered by an aggressive roo. Btw they are free range and coop is setup with a "custom/homemade " dusk to dawn chick door with temp sensor and is heated when it's below 35

My welsummers all go to roost in the coop. I did have to teach them get up on the roost bars. They would go in the coop but just wanted to huddle up in the corners. So every night at dark I would go and put all 19 of them up on the roost bars. After about 4-5 days they all did it on their own. I've added several generations to my flock since but they have learned from the older hens and roos I guess because I have not had to do that since. So maybe yours just needs to be reminded where to roost for a few nights then she will remember where to go. I would think if she's not being picked on by the others she would want to roost with the rest of the flock. Just my opinion....

 

[Happy Chooks]

We are on day 19 of incubating our Welsummer eggs- had 9 that we are watching

I have 6 eggs due to hatch tomorrow.

 

[Nickeyo]

Here's a couple pics of some of mine. Notice my hens in molt in some of the pics. I also re-homed the roo with the white tail feather.

Ahh they are lovely, you should have kept the roo with white, my has a white wing feather

 

[bwalden]

Ahh they are lovely, you should have kept the roo with white, my has a white wing feather

He is a nice roo. I sold him to a nice young lady locally who needed a roo for her wellie hens.