The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[Happy Chooks]

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Nobody is shipping right now but, if you just have to have them, I'm the closest to you geographically.

My rankings would be (LF only):

TailFeather's Friend (from rumors only)

TailFeathers (Royce)

Pink Chick (Kim)

EweSheep (Robin)

Lensters (myself)

Nate (not sure of his BYC handle, the kid from TX)

new2chooks (you, based mainly on Moose)

Now everyone knows where their birds stand with me.

Thank you for your opinion. I'm not in a hurry as I'm out of room until my new coop is finished. So it will be fall probably.

 

[outback hatcher]

I would like an opinion on what quality my birds are? So tell me what y'all think be honest

Its an older pic but I think its the best one I have

 

[pinkchick]

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Outback~ Since it has been about 4 months since those pics were taken I bet your birds have changed. If you have an opportunity to get an updated photo that would be great.

 

[SFIcelandics]

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Nobody is shipping right now but, if you just have to have them, I'm the closest to you geographically.

My rankings would be (LF only):

TailFeather's Friend (from rumors only)

TailFeathers (Royce)

Pink Chick (Kim)

EweSheep (Robin)

Lensters (myself)

Nate (not sure of his BYC handle, the kid from TX)

new2chooks (you, based mainly on Moose)

Now everyone knows where their birds stand with me.

Nate(MYSELF) is not in texas - if you are talking about the one in texas, that would be JOSH.

I am in Hudson, WI. My welsummers are also very nice, I also have stock over in holland, out of 12 eggs they hatched out 3 babies - they are still developing, but they can be the judge to tell me how my welsummers are!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Nate..... I see your birds on your website, but can you post some pics of your LF wellie eggs? Thanks.

 

[SFIcelandics]

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Yes, I will try and get some pics up, some of my girls have been laying for quite some time, I do have a pic of a SQ wellie hen egg next to a hatchery stock hen that I had a while back, but she got sold, as soon as my SQ wellies started laying, so I still had eggs to eat!

The website has been a work in progress all winter long, and now summer long, its finally coming around, but now I have also added wheaten marans and blue wheaten marans.

Nate

 

[hcammack]

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I talked to Erhard he seems to know his stuff and answered any questions I had. I wish I had room I would have gotten some Welsummers in a second they are my 2nd favorite breed of all. I used to have a flock from Whitmore Farm and I go out there every so often and look over his birds with him. Will has Fantastic birds his welsummer eggs are almost as dark as his black copper eggs. He also keeps all of his birds in large fields in coops that allow them to free range. He breeds to the standard and in my opinion does a really good job of it! Robin hope you can find some chicks. I would give you some BBS faverolles bantams if I were closer or if it were less hot.

Henry

 

[outback hatcher]

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Outback~ Since it has been about 4 months since those pics were taken I bet your birds have changed. If you have an opportunity to get an updated photo that would be great.

Here are brand new pics
roo#1

roo #2

roo#2 with the only hen that would pose for me. The other 3 hens look the same as her

 

[grandmaof5]

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here are Abby, Bossy-boots and Chick-let today, at 2 weeks.


Abby... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38638_chicks_at_2_weeks_june_25_001.jpg

Abby again https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38638_chicks_at_2_weeks_june_25_002.jpg

This is Bossy-boots https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38638_chicks_at_2_weeks_june_25_004.jpg

more of Bossy https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38638_chicks_at_2_weeks_june_25_006.jpg

and Chick-let https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38638_chicks_at_2_weeks_june_25_007.jpg

Chick-let https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38638_chicks_at_2_weeks_june_25_008.jpg


There is a marked difference in colouring between Chick-let and the other 2; she seems much darker. Does this indicate anything? They are almost twice the size now than they were when we got them at 2 days...

Bossy-boots doesn't hold her tail as high; again does this mean anything?

Well, it is Friday again, so here are week 3 pictures of the ladies...


Abby https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38638_chicks_at_3_weeks_001.jpg

Abby again https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38638_chicks_at_3_weeks_003.jpg


Bossy-boots https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38638_chicks_at_3_weeks_004.jpg

More B-B https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38638_chicks_at_3_weeks_006.jpg


And Chick-let https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38638_chicks_at_3_weeks_008.jpg

Chick-let https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/38638_chicks_at_3_weeks_011.jpg


They are starting to get that scruffy look...

Sorry I didn't get week 4 posted last night, but here they are in their new digs- out of the wsher box into a sofa box; "We're movin' on up, to the big time to a dee-lux apartment in the sky-i-ies"

Abby

Abby again

Bossy-boots

Bossy

Chick-let

Chick-let again

The girls in their new, much bigger, home

another angle

Well, that is it for this week. I can't believe how big they are. Can anyone see any major flaws yet?

 

[pinkchick]

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Outback~ Since it has been about 4 months since those pics were taken I bet your birds have changed. If you have an opportunity to get an updated photo that would be great.

Here are brand new pics
roo#1
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/44571_welsummers_00002.jpg
roo #2
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/44571_welsummers_00001.jpg
roo#2 with the only hen that would pose for me. The other 3 hens look the same as her
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/44571_welsummers_00000.jpg

In my opinion...and this is just my opinion, I would not use roo#2, #1 looks better and looks to have a better comb. Your hen looks good too... is she laying yet?

Pictures on the internet are sometimes very misleading and can be hard to really see detail in. I wish my monitor showed clearer photos like my husbands monitor.