The Welsummer Thread!!!!
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Welcome katdam!
Welsummers cock birds should generally be about 7lbs. and I think and correct me here if I am wrong Lensters....but a RIR cock bird should be abut 8.5lbs? so by standards they should be smaller than a RIR, with that said......I myself have a very monsterous roo who last weighed in at 10.5lbs and he is very very tall. I think Ewesheep called it best once when she said that he made the hens look like bantams and they are not, so yes they can get big but it is not the standard. I am going to make some gigantor Wellies with my roo and his gigantor daughters, just for fun, to see how big I can get them. Call me crazy but I am hooked on my Wellies!!!!!
If you have photo's to share of him that would be great.........we can never see too many Wellies!
Welsummers cock birds should generally be about 7lbs. and I think and correct me here if I am wrong Lensters....but a RIR cock bird should be abut 8.5lbs? so by standards they should be smaller than a RIR, with that said......I myself have a very monsterous roo who last weighed in at 10.5lbs and he is very very tall. I think Ewesheep called it best once when she said that he made the hens look like bantams and they are not, so yes they can get big but it is not the standard. I am going to make some gigantor Wellies with my roo and his gigantor daughters, just for fun, to see how big I can get them. Call me crazy but I am hooked on my Wellies!!!!!
If you have photo's to share of him that would be great.........we can never see too many Wellies!
I would love to get a pullet pair of Giant Welsummers for kicks! BIG eggs, I love them!
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that's exactly how mine is...i have 8 pullets that are the same age as Crooks ( his feet are so big his middle toes are crooked) their not wellies though and he makes them look tiny..he's so sweet...he runs from my 6 month RIR hen, which he towers over! i will try to get my camera working long enough to get a pic..he developed very fast..his comb and wattles are the same size as Two Toes (RIR roo)... Crooks hasn't crowed yet..he still honks like a duck!
that's exactly how mine is...i have 8 pullets that are the same age as Crooks ( his feet are so big his middle toes are crooked) their not wellies though and he makes them look tiny..he's so sweet...he runs from my 6 month RIR hen, which he towers over! i will try to get my camera working long enough to get a pic..he developed very fast..his comb and wattles are the same size as Two Toes (RIR roo)... Crooks hasn't crowed yet..he still honks like a duck!
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Kat~
Just for giggles here are some old photos of Odin my big guy. I don't remember how old he was in the pictures I think around 6 mos or so.
Here he is with some hens that were full grown.
Here he is compared to his brother Ve, who was the same age as him.
I think this is the photo that Ewesheep was talking about when she said that he made the hens look like bantams.
Just for giggles here are some old photos of Odin my big guy. I don't remember how old he was in the pictures I think around 6 mos or so.
Here he is with some hens that were full grown.
Here he is compared to his brother Ve, who was the same age as him.
I think this is the photo that Ewesheep was talking about when she said that he made the hens look like bantams.
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WOW - - are you sure the hens weren't banties ? ??
What a size difference !
WOW - - are you sure the hens weren't banties ? ??
What a size difference !
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Yah....I'm sure! He is just a monster, but one of the sweetest monsters I have. He will live out everyday of his life right here with me. I will try to get some comparative photos of his daughters that are huge also as soon as I have time.
edited to add: If you look closely at the first photo you can see his brother standing right next to him, but you can only see his head and a little bit of neck.....see how much bigger he was than his bro.
edited to add: If you look closely at the first photo you can see his brother standing right next to him, but you can only see his head and a little bit of neck.....see how much bigger he was than his bro.
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Wow, he is HUGE! Nice looking too!
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Could they be laying elsewhere? Any signs of an egg eater in the group?
Do they have rooster that they could be squatting for? My Wellies have never squatted for me but they do for their roosters. I've never thought about it before but I think that they are the only breed that a hen has never squatted for me when I am catching them.
Nope, no chance they're laying elsewhere and no egg eaters. Girls have all been on lockdown since we had a bobcat snatch a hen in the middle of the day several weeks ago.
No roosters in their pen that are old enough to start mating, so no, I've never seen them squat for a rooster.
I'm in and out of the coops pretty regularly during the day and have never seen one of the Wellie girls in the nesting boxes. All the other girls we have of this same age group started laying well over two months ago and I've been patiently awaiting a terra cotta egg! I had heard that Welsummers can be late layers, but I've never had hens take anywhere close to this long to start laying, ever! I just don't get it!
I mean, I know all I can do is wait, I was just curious if this is common with Welsummers or if I just have two super late bloomers?
Well, I guess the girls took my post as a threat!
Opened up the coop this morning to let the girls out and the two Wellie girls were dutifully sitting in the nesting boxes. One of them laid before I left (my first terra cotta egg, its beeeeeautiful!) and the other was looking close. YAHOOOO!!!
Could they be laying elsewhere? Any signs of an egg eater in the group?
Do they have rooster that they could be squatting for? My Wellies have never squatted for me but they do for their roosters. I've never thought about it before but I think that they are the only breed that a hen has never squatted for me when I am catching them.
Nope, no chance they're laying elsewhere and no egg eaters. Girls have all been on lockdown since we had a bobcat snatch a hen in the middle of the day several weeks ago.
No roosters in their pen that are old enough to start mating, so no, I've never seen them squat for a rooster.
I'm in and out of the coops pretty regularly during the day and have never seen one of the Wellie girls in the nesting boxes. All the other girls we have of this same age group started laying well over two months ago and I've been patiently awaiting a terra cotta egg! I had heard that Welsummers can be late layers, but I've never had hens take anywhere close to this long to start laying, ever! I just don't get it!
I mean, I know all I can do is wait, I was just curious if this is common with Welsummers or if I just have two super late bloomers?
Well, I guess the girls took my post as a threat!
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