The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[HappyChickenLover]

I guess after looking into it, alot of people say they are not good mothers, this has not been the case for me however.

 

[maddogdodge]

My welsummers never start laying before 24 weeks, usually in the 24 to 32 week range. (breeder quality) Hatchery wellies can start earlier.

Ah okay, cool thanks

Good to know that. Mine did come from a well known breeder, so that makes sense!

 

[ameliaspurlock]

1.) I was told by breeder that this girl is a Welsomer and would like some confirmation from some smart folks. Unfortunately this breeder was like a puppy-mill breeder except it was chickens and he had Welsomers, Wyandottes, Java's, Leghorns, Orpingtons and others and I don't know how he kept them from interbreeding.

2.) Why doesn't she have any sign of a comb? She's almost 6 months old. I bought a Mottled Wyandotte (my avatar image) at the same time and they were same age and size at the time but the Wyandotte J-Lo has matured much faster than Welsomer Louise) Will she ever have a comb? Do they develop slower than other breeds?

 

[aart]

1.) I was told by breeder that this girl is a Welsomer and would like some confirmation from some smart folks. Unfortunately this breeder was like a puppy-mill breeder except it was chickens and he had Welsomers, Wyandottes, Java's, Leghorns, Orpingtons and others and I don't know how he kept them from interbreeding.

In this case, maybe he didn't.....that's not a Welsummer.

 

[Happy Chooks]

1.) I was told by breeder that this girl is a Welsomer and would like some confirmation from some smart folks. Unfortunately this breeder was like a puppy-mill breeder except it was chickens and he had Welsomers, Wyandottes, Java's, Leghorns, Orpingtons and others and I don't know how he kept them from interbreeding.

2.) Why doesn't she have any sign of a comb? She's almost 6 months old. I bought a Mottled Wyandotte (my avatar image) at the same time and they were same age and size at the time but the Wyandotte J-Lo has matured much faster than Welsomer Louise) Will she ever have a comb? Do they develop slower than other breeds?

She is not pure, a cross of some sort. Possibly a Welsummer/Wyandotte cross.

 

[tiffrosef]

In this case, maybe he didn't.....that's not a Welsummer.

I second this. Not a wellie, though quite lovely!

 

[WendyF]

Here is my 8 & 1/2 week chick, Moulkie. Can anyone tell me if she looks like a Welsummer, and if she looks like a she?

 

[HappyChickenLover]

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Yea its crossed with something perhaps something game like

 

[aart]

Here is my 8 & 1/2 week chick, Moulkie. Can anyone tell me if she looks like a Welsummer, and if she looks like a she?

Don't think this is a Welsummer...... breast feathers shouldn't be speckled.

 

[WendyF]

Thank you, Aart. Nobody thought Welsummer with her 1 day old pics, lots of people think possible Partridge Plymouth Rock.