Hillbilly hen..........Beautiful eggs!!! Congrats!
I'm still waiting on mine. My 2 pullets are 22 1/2 weeks old.
I'm still waiting on mine. My 2 pullets are 22 1/2 weeks old.
The Welsummer Thread!!!!
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OK, how are you guys sexing chicks by color? Is it something to do with eyestripes?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Girls have eyeliner and a defined V on their head. Boys don't have eyeliner and a messy V on their head. ETA: once they start feathering in this fades. Then you go by females will feather in salmon colored on their chest and males will feather in with black on their chest.
Girls have eyeliner and a defined V on their head. Boys don't have eyeliner and a messy V on their head. ETA: once they start feathering in this fades. Then you go by females will feather in salmon colored on their chest and males will feather in with black on their chest.
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Girls have eyeliner and a defined V on their head. Boys don't have eyeliner and a messy V on their head. ETA: once they start feathering in this fades. Then you go by females will feather in salmon colored on their chest and males will feather in with black on their chest.
The eyeliner is the most telling one, the definition of the "chipmunk pattern" isn't nearly as accurate. There are lines where the eyeliner isn't as obvious, but on most lines they look very gothic. I have one hen who's chicks have eye markings that look like Pennies. Once I figure out who it is, she is heading to freezer camp (or possibly to the EE pen to make olive eggers).
Girls have eyeliner and a defined V on their head. Boys don't have eyeliner and a messy V on their head. ETA: once they start feathering in this fades. Then you go by females will feather in salmon colored on their chest and males will feather in with black on their chest.
The eyeliner is the most telling one, the definition of the "chipmunk pattern" isn't nearly as accurate. There are lines where the eyeliner isn't as obvious, but on most lines they look very gothic. I have one hen who's chicks have eye markings that look like Pennies. Once I figure out who it is, she is heading to freezer camp (or possibly to the EE pen to make olive eggers).
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I think my hen is going to give me an egg today!
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Yay!
Yay!
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for you!
Almost 23 weeks and I'm still waiting for my girls to start laying.
Almost 23 weeks and I'm still waiting for my girls to start laying.
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She did it, she did it and I just ate it for breakfast !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After the dog attack she layed for a while but then stopped and hadn't layed an egg since the beginning of February. It was beautiful and I should have taken a pic and posted it.
It was nice rich terra cotta with lots of heavy speckling and tasted great fried on top of an Everything Bagel Thin with a slice of melted cheese. Yummy!!!!!!!! I just had to do a quality assurance check.
I can't believe how much I missed those pretty eggs.....feeding my dark egg addiction just wasn't the same with out those Wellie eggs.
Next stop......incubator! Yippeeeee!
After the dog attack she layed for a while but then stopped and hadn't layed an egg since the beginning of February. It was beautiful and I should have taken a pic and posted it.
I can't believe how much I missed those pretty eggs.....feeding my dark egg addiction just wasn't the same with out those Wellie eggs.
Next stop......incubator! Yippeeeee!
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Congrats!!!!!! Take a picture of the next one, okay? I need something to get me by until I get wellie eggs.
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You Got It!!!!
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