The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[birdlady79]

nowhere near as good at taking photos as Johnn, but here is a pic of 1 of my welsummer pullets she is almost 6 months old, and lays beautiful dark brown eggs.

Nice looking Welsummer

 

[tweber]

Anybody from eastern Pennsylvania wanting to sell some chicks?

 

[faykokoWV]

Next time I'll get my chickens from a reputable breeder. Hopefully someone in my area breeds welsummers.

when I'm talking to people about shipping eggs for hatching they always ask me - why wouldn't people just buy them where they are? For a novice or a non-chicken person sometimes its hard to understand. There are so many different breeds available its often hard to find someone in your area that specializes in the breed you want. My advice - invest in an incubator.

 

[wny egger]

when I'm talking to people about shipping eggs for hatching they always ask me - why wouldn't people just buy them where they are? For a novice or a non-chicken person sometimes its hard to understand. There are so many different breeds available its often hard to find someone in your area that specializes in the breed you want. My advice - invest in an incubator.

i have to agree ..i bought a nice bunch from cackle and they seem to be right on the mark as what they are so far ..lol..but i will be breeding my own from this stock i have now ..but not till next yr ..i am hoping to find some show class birds to use next yr asbreeders ..i am hoping to get some that my granddaughter and i can raise for the 4-h fair ..but i will be investing in a incubator this fall ..i have to reasearch a good one first ..i have read on here that some have had troubles with some they have bought ..seems some dont hold the temps well and others its the humidity thats giving them fits..

altho my wife says if i buy another chick , i'll have to move out to the coop with the birds ..hehehe..she didnt say i couldnt hatch my own tho ..lol

 

[faykokoWV]

i have to agree ..i bought a nice bunch from cackle and they seem to be right on the mark as what they are so far ..lol..but i will be breeding my own from this stock i have now ..but not till next yr ..i am hoping to find some show class birds to use next yr asbreeders ..i am hoping to get some that my granddaughter and i can raise for the 4-h fair ..but i will be investing in a incubator this fall ..i have to reasearch a good one first ..i have read on here that some have had troubles with some they have bought ..seems some dont hold the temps well and others its the humidity thats giving them fits..

altho my wife says if i buy another chick , i'll have to move out to the coop with the birds ..hehehe..she didnt say i couldnt hatch my own tho ..lol

loop hole - but honey, I didn't buy chicks, I bought eggs!

 

[ochochicas]

After failing at hatching parrot eggs many, many years ago I have zero desire to hatch eggs or own an incubator. I'll leave the egg hatching to all of you who can excel at it!

Regardless of what chicks I ended up with, I will still enjoy them and collect their eggs. The thing that upsets me is I paid for something that is not what I got. I blame the store 100% for mixing the Sussex up with the Welsummer. However, I also got two Amber whites and a black sex-link COCKEREL that the store did not order and had no idea they were even handing out to people. I don't think the hatcheries necessarily send what people order. There are other stories on here about people ordering leghorns but receive cornish x that have to be processed instead of becoming layers. I'm clearly new to owning chickens, but it seems difficult to find trustworthy chick sources.

 

[lgc1970]

Way! Seems like there are some hatcheries that just don't care. Like chicken mills...

How does anybody tell where to get the good goods?

I am going to live by ...
Research, research, research!
Buy small, live blessed!

 

[wny egger]

loop hole - but honey, I didn't buy chicks, I bought eggs!

i no , thats why i was agreeing with you ..lol..eggs from a good breeder would be a persons best bet to get what they really want..

After failing at hatching parrot eggs many, many years ago I have zero desire to hatch eggs or own an incubator. I'll leave the egg hatching to all of you who can excel at it!

Regardless of what chicks I ended up with, I will still enjoy them and collect their eggs. The thing that upsets me is I paid for something that is not what I got. I blame the store 100% for mixing the Sussex up with the Welsummer. However, I also got two Amber whites and a black sex-link COCKEREL that the store did not order and had no idea they were even handing out to people. I don't think the hatcheries necessarily send what people order. There are other stories on here about people ordering leghorns but receive cornish x that have to be processed instead of becoming layers. I'm clearly new to owning chickens, but it seems difficult to find trustworthy chick sources.

i think its like this when buying from the tractor stores ..they hire kids or folks who really have no idea of what they are doing ..i no i bought some chicks a cpl yrs ago and was told they were all hens ..i watched the kid pick them out ..i was told the usual story about having to buy 6 ..so i told the kid i only wanted females ..he picked up every chick , looked at their bottoms and told me , they were all hens ..i new right then they were prolly not all hens and guess what , i was right ..4 hens to cockrels..i was almost temped to take the 2 roo's full grown and just toss them in their door ..let them try and figure out what to do with them ..but you can bet that most of those employees at those places , dont really no whats what when it comes to sexing chicks..

Way! Seems like there are some hatcheries that just don't care. Like chicken mills...

How does anybody tell where to get the good goods?

I am going to live by ...
Research, research, research!
Buy small, live blessed!

its funny you say that ..i watch that show called dirty jobs with mike rowe ..and they had mcmurry hatchery [were my tractor store gets their birds from.]on there and they showed them sexing process..well they were grabbing the chicks by their wings and tuffs of feathers, squeeze the poo out of them then toss them into bins ..it seemed very cruel to me and my wife ..i figured most hatcherys prolly work this way ..
my wife was on facebook and there was a posting on there of a dumpster full of baby chicks ..i mean thousands if not tens of thousands..it was a picture so i dont no if they were really alive or not ..it just seemed like a shame ..i no it does seem almost like the puppy mills you hear about ..

 

[Deb B]

Hi all. I'm relatively new to Welsummers. Last winter I bought a lovely Wellie hen who lays the most beautiful egg. I fell in love and bought some hatching eggs. I now have new Wellie chicks that hatched yesterday. I think they are 4 pullets and 2 cockerels, but I've never raised any Wellie chicks before. Would anyone care to confirm or deny that guessitimate?


pullet
pullet
pullet

pullet
cockerel
cockerel

There is a 7th chick, but she just hatched this this morning and is drying off. The dark eye liner seems to be pointing pullet. (I should be so lucky!)
Thanks for your input.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I count 2 pullets, 2 cockerels and 2 could go either way.