The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[wny egger]

Haha that's a TERRIBLE pic for it....I'll grab a better one tomorrow

yeah and try and get closer and clear shots of their heads and profiles of the faces..

 

[sssharon]

Does anyone else have a Welsummer that has taken an extremely long time before laying it's first egg? Mine is almost 9 months old.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Does anyone else have a Welsummer that has taken an extremely long time before laying it's first egg? Mine is almost 9 months old.

I've waited 11 months before. That pullet laid for a couple of months, then went broody. (certainly not normal for the breed)

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

I haven't had Welsummers that long...less than two years...but this summer I had five of mine go broody. I didn't think to look up the frequency of broodiness in the breed.

 

[estamets]

I haven't had Welsummers that long...less than two years...but this summer I had five of mine go broody. I didn't think to look up the frequency of broodiness in the breed.

If you had looked it up, you would have found that they rarely go broody. You've got a strange batch!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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[Hollowoakfarm]

Hmmmm....Mine came from Whitmore Farms. I wonder what their broody rate is now. I'm so used to my Orps going broody that I didn't even think about whether it was normal for the Wellies or not. I should have gotten the tag numbers on those. If they do it again next summer, I'll make sure I know who it is.

 

[sssharon]

Thanks, Happy Chooks. Good to know I'm not the only one waiting on their Welsummer.

 

[oolyboolu]

Ok take two! Hopefully these are in order as I've uploaded them straight from my phone

man those buggers are quick now!!


Chick 1

Chick 2

Chick 3

Chick 4

 

[estamets]

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Ok take two! Hopefully these are in order as I've uploaded them straight from my phone

man those buggers are quick /quote]
I'm gonna say 1 = Male
2-4 = female.