The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[satay]

She looks welsummer to me. Does she have yellow legs?

 

[Peneliva]

Yes she does and a single comb.

it looks like she has tail feathers they are just real tiny!

 

[Peneliva]

Also wanted to add...I have her in quarantine because I worry about my flock. She's being dusted for Mia just in case and wormed.

 

[Johnn]

Is it just me or does it look like "her" tail is starting to turn over like a cockerels?:

 

[ThaiDye]

Problem is if they get into habbit of eating eggs they keep doing it, you'll have to just collect them asap and hopefully they will stop.

You can put golf balls in the nest. That may discourage egg pecking.

 

[pickitfarm]

Can you experienced Welsummer owners tell me approximately when we can expect our young ladies to start laying?

 

[bwalden]

Can you experienced Welsummer owners tell me approximately when we can expect our young ladies to start laying?

I've had them start laying as early as 5 months of age and as late as 9 months of age. I'd say as an average it would be right at 6 months. I have seen others on hear say theirs have taken even longer than 9 months. When their combs turn from pale pink to a bright blood red then it usually isn't long before they begin to lay.

 

[pickitfarm]

I've had them start laying as early as 5 months of age and as late as 9 months of age. I'd say as an average it would be right at 6 months. I have seen others on hear say theirs have taken even longer than 9 months. When their combs turn from pale pink to a bright blood red then it usually isn't long before they begin to lay.

Thanks. We a ways to go. Our Welsummers are around 16 weeks. We have Marans too, but I know they take longer to mature.

 

[megshenhut]

Johnn - It is a girl. Coloring is girl, hackle is girl, no saddle feathers = pullet, pullet, pullet. A male would look nothing like that.

 

[Johnn]

Johnn - It is a girl. Coloring is girl, hackle is girl, no saddle feathers = pullet, pullet, pullet. A male would look nothing like that.

Thanks, Good! I will stop worrying now!