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Ah, must be the pic on my computer. I couldn't see that.
Now I got another questions. I just saw something else in that pic. What in the world is that long orange thing your Wellie pullet is eating????
God Bless,
Tailfeathers,
That's pumpkin. The stringy mess that's inside the hollow center of a pumpkin, to be exact. They were sucking it up like spaghetti!
I have such high hopes for that hatch. They're almost 12 weeks old. Which is too young for me to be able to tell much about them yet. They've all been examined for feather stubs on the legs, and passed that little test with flying colors. No problems there. I didn't expect any. Still, it's my pet peeve, and it manifests early, so it's an easy point to check for.
What do you check for when you're evaluating your young Welsummers? Or mine, for that matter. Do you see anything in that photo that I should be watching? If you don't feel comfortable answering here, please feel free to PM me. I value your opinion, and I would never take a negative comment personally. I'd welcome it, consider it, and use my own best judgement in the end.
My thought is that I'll be looking at the 3 boys more closely over the next month or so. They need to mature a bit more before my eye will be able to see important differences in them. The girls can wait till spring, unless something obviously bad pops up. I want to see their eggs, and the shape their bodies take on as they start laying eggs. That makes such a dramatic difference in a young pullet.
