The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[Anniebee]

If they are free ranging she may just be eating something different than the other birds. She may also be on a different poop schedule than them. Because chickens don't pee, any liquid excrement is passed with the poo. I've always found this site helpful http://chat.allotment.org/index.php?topic=17568.0

Thanks so much faykoko. I checked the link, and I think maybe I won't ever worry too much again about my Welsummer and her enormous and at times, strange droppings !! My chickens free range on a good day ( rare at the moment in our winter ) ... and as their run is completely barren ( by courtesy of the chickens ) ... I feed them treats ... mostly as much protein type food as I can give them - as they are moulting AND laying, and it's darned cold. They get a range of different goodies almost every day, but not the same mix of food treats daily, apart that is from their layer pellets which is always available to them.

A couple of pics on the site showed what was said to be intestinal lining which had been shed and nothing to be concerned about ... but to me they looked like the fully grown gorged-on-blood, worms. Only going by what a poultry expert I had spoken to said about them when they were very young and had the red wormy type things. I wormed them then and continue to do so, and haven't seen anything like it since.

The link was extraordinarily helpful and interesting. Again - thank you for your answer, your information and the link. Much appreciated.

Cheers ......... AB

 

[K Epp]

Do Welsumer hens have small spurs? My Brown Leghorn hens do. Im keeping my gingers crossed.....

 

[K Epp]

I was hoping that both my Welsumer chicks were pullets, but now I'm not so sure.

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They are around 4 months old. These are not the greatest pictures, but its hard to get a good one of a running target.

 

[maryhysong]

The CSU large fowl SOP thread is doing Welsummer's. I hope everyone will go over and post pics of their birds. This thread is all about learning what an SOP bird looks like and what to look for in each breed. When you post your photos you are expected to critique the birds yourself, what you like or not. It is a great learning and discussion thread without drama.Several poultry judges and long time breeders run it and are giving us a lot of their time and energy to teach us how to do it right. I will be taking new pics of several of my Wellies to post today. Hope you all join in, the more pics and people involved, the more we learn!

 

[cleopatra]

I was hoping that both my Welsumer chicks were pullets, but now I'm not so sure.

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They are around 4 months old. These are not the greatest pictures, but its hard to get a good one of a running target.

The combs are slightly big for 4 months, but I'm pretty sure you have pullets. If their chests are a rust color, then you definitely have pullets. Here's mine at 4 months.

 

[Theocons123]

My welsummer/rhode island red is going through an early moult, she is losing here feathers underneath and is broody also. Not a great combination as she is not laying and is stealing my other hens eggs. I have two new additions to my flock, a welsummer/light sussex and a black rock or bluebell. (not completely sure as the breeder didn't know either) My newest welsummer is called lotty. The black rock is called hatty.

 

[Theocons123]

p.s they are a quarter day old in the picture, they are now only 3 days old.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Do Welsumer hens have small spurs? My Brown Leghorn hens do. Im keeping my gingers crossed.....

As chicks, both sexes will have small spur bumps. Usually only the males spurs grow, but I do have some hens (like my buttercup) that have full spurs.

I was hoping that both my Welsumer chicks were pullets, but now I'm not so sure.

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They are around 4 months old. These are not the greatest pictures, but its hard to get a good one of a running target.

Both cockerels, sorry.

 

[Hayduke27]

I was hoping that both my Welsumer chicks were pullets, but now I'm not so sure.

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They are around 4 months old. These are not the greatest pictures, but its hard to get a good one of a running target.

4 months old? Mine is younger than that, and is full blown cockerel (see pics on previous page). I think those are pullets.

 

[faykokoWV]

4 months old? Mine is younger than that, and is full blown cockerel (see pics on previous page). I think those are pullets.

both look cockerel to me. The lack of partridge feathering, and they both appear to be getting saddle feathers. A chest shot would be the final decider for me.