The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[chickenmomma16]

At a farmers market in Washington people were paying $9 a dozen and the farm sold out before noon.

My co-workers insist on paying $5 a dozen for my eggs.

I calculated it costs me $3.80 a day to feed 20 birds not including any extras like bedding or treats. I increased my flock to 26 this year (including 5 Welsummer pullets and a cockerel!)

 

[wny egger]

just wondering if any one else is having trouble with their roo tearing out feathers of the hens hes mounting ..my poor wellie hens dont have any more feathers to lose on their backs ..and now i see hes tearing the wyandottes backs up as well ..any onme have any like this ..and what can i do beside put aprons on them or split them up ..any help would be great ..thanks ..

 

[estamets]

just wondering if any one else is having trouble with their roo tearing out feathers of the hens hes mounting ..my poor wellie hens dont have any more feathers to lose on their backs ..and now i see hes tearing the wyandottes backs up as well ..any onme have any like this ..and what can i do beside put aprons on them or split them up ..any help would be great ..thanks ..

Why don't you want to use aprons or split them up? Those are the most common solutions, and the most effective.

 

[Beer can]

So I don't have room to keep twenty juveniles and watch them all grow out. I wish I did, but I will have to sell some of the pullets locally as pets/egg layers. Once they are feathered juveniles, what qualities and faults should I look for to make my decisions?

Color of the neck feathers.

 

[Beer can]

@wny egger The only time I've seen that happen I had too many roosters for the amount of hens I had.

 

[wny egger]

Why don't you want to use aprons or split them up? Those are the most common solutions, and the most effective.

i tried using aprons but i find them on the floor in the morning...

@wny egger The only time I've seen that happen I had too many roosters for the amount of hens I had.

i have the opposite actully to many hens for one roo..20 hens and just one roo ..i think i am going to have to build another runn just for him ..i hate to think of spliting them up ..i have a feeling it may cause him to start to be mean ..hes such a good boy to ..he always waits to eat and he brings the girls in 4 at a time to eat each morning ..if he finds a worm he calls the flock to it ..


thanks ..i guess atleast the weathers better so it wont be as bad as it could be to build one now ..

 

[Beer can]

Could they maybe starting to molt?

 

[wny egger]

Could they maybe starting to molt?

naw ..they have had bare backs most of the winter ..i see him mounting the wyandottes and feathers coming out when he does ..i guess hes just to rough for them ..i'll be moving him to his own coop and run ..he will still be able to see the others , just not be able to get to them ..you think he'll deal with that ..??

 

[aart]

Quote: He won't like it at first, but may settle after a few days...give it time.

 

[beesong]

Help...... is this not a Wellie? I bought him as such after a bobcat got my breeder this winter, and now that I see chicks from him, I have serious doubts. (Will post pix of chicks when they're out of the incubator.)