Just got back to the chicken coop and my little Red Brown Cochin and my Wellie rooster were fighting
Hope they stop!
The Welsummer Thread!!!!
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Some of my birds are pure grisham - but most of them are a cross between the hall/grisham birds. I am on my 3rd year breeding and perfecting them. My original hens are coming 2 years old in July this year. They are some really nice birds, they were culled hard, but I am very happy with them, I think I will be going to be using them in the layer flock after this year, but they have the nicest eggs, and are great layers. So I dont want to cull them just because they are old, and they can be in the layer flock, and provide eating eggs.
I got a nice egg today fro my welsummers... going to collect some more samples, and send them on down to ROBIN. They froze, so I just took the insides out, and you can use them in your egg comparisons... It would be fun to see who sends what eggs, and how colors compare, etc. Im exctied to see all the fun stuff that we have in store for the WCNA in 2011. The membership list will be growing fast I think - anyone who buys wellies from me, I refer them to the club... Robin are you keepig tract of those that join "referred by me". I have a goal of 50 new members to the group this year. I think it would be fun to see who can get interest up in the group! Maybe we can have some kind of contest for some free welsummer eggs or something - an incentive for promoting the breed? Ideas?
Nate
Some of my birds are pure grisham - but most of them are a cross between the hall/grisham birds. I am on my 3rd year breeding and perfecting them. My original hens are coming 2 years old in July this year. They are some really nice birds, they were culled hard, but I am very happy with them, I think I will be going to be using them in the layer flock after this year, but they have the nicest eggs, and are great layers. So I dont want to cull them just because they are old, and they can be in the layer flock, and provide eating eggs.
I got a nice egg today fro my welsummers... going to collect some more samples, and send them on down to ROBIN. They froze, so I just took the insides out, and you can use them in your egg comparisons... It would be fun to see who sends what eggs, and how colors compare, etc. Im exctied to see all the fun stuff that we have in store for the WCNA in 2011. The membership list will be growing fast I think - anyone who buys wellies from me, I refer them to the club... Robin are you keepig tract of those that join "referred by me". I have a goal of 50 new members to the group this year. I think it would be fun to see who can get interest up in the group! Maybe we can have some kind of contest for some free welsummer eggs or something - an incentive for promoting the breed? Ideas?
Nate
So, how's everyone this... day? It's about dinner time here!
It's about 5:40pm here.........sun is gettin low, starting to get long shadows, flock is free ranging til dark, sunny today, temp about 55.
But since this is TX tomorrow will be a different day.
I have no Wellie roo, but have 2 Wellie hens. : )
I've hatched 2 Wellie X eggs. One chick looks like she's from my black australorp roo.
The other chick is brown........?!?......my other roo is a cuckoo marans?!?
These 2 little ones (pullets, I believe) are about 2 wks old and in the brooder. It'll be so much fun to see how this 2 little girls grow up.
Love my Wellies, and want more!!
: )
But since this is TX tomorrow will be a different day.
I have no Wellie roo, but have 2 Wellie hens. : )
I've hatched 2 Wellie X eggs. One chick looks like she's from my black australorp roo.
The other chick is brown........?!?......my other roo is a cuckoo marans?!?
These 2 little ones (pullets, I believe) are about 2 wks old and in the brooder. It'll be so much fun to see how this 2 little girls grow up.
Love my Wellies, and want more!!
: )
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Sure, I 'll take them! Sorry NO hatching eggs! I'm not ready to incubate anything at this point...too cold and electricity is too expensive for me to run at this time. I'd rather have Sarah brood the chicks and save me $$$$$$$! LOL! I am guessing she will start broodying around June even she has been broody off and on around March, still too cold. June and July are the best times for her to have them and its warmer. Yeah, it would take a bit longer for them to develop and lay eggs in the following year but it would be worth it.
Yes I agree, I don't cull them simply because they are older than two, my four year old CW hen laid me some eggs almost every day, roughly the same number as her younger years! I am hoping longevity would be part of the breeding too!
I am keeping track of those who are in the club. If they had a hard time getting into the Webs website, they can personally email me and I will get them on the list. Even we show 18 members on the member's list but there are more on the breeder's list that I took when I first started out collecting emails and names and city, states. Many of them still have active emails. If the ones that don't have active emails would be dropped from the mailing and membership list until I hear from them again. People do constantly changing emails, that is work itself LOL!
Got back from Springfield today, visited the TSC, met another couple who was in BYC too, buying chicken feed....really nice lady! I told her to find my handle name or under the Welsummer threads and she can come and visit us in here. Bought some chick feed, a waterer, and a feeder. Need to go and get a plastic tote and hubby is going to see if he can find some brooder light setups. I'm going to have to find a BIG bow and take it to dd's school auction. Still waiting on the Backyard Chickens for Dummies book. Hopefully next week!
After finding many people everywhere I go, I may have to make some business cards to give to people about Welsummers, WCNA and BYC.
Nate, do you know which one of your Wellies are pure Grisham? I hope they have a leg tag on them LOL!
Sure, I 'll take them! Sorry NO hatching eggs! I'm not ready to incubate anything at this point...too cold and electricity is too expensive for me to run at this time. I'd rather have Sarah brood the chicks and save me $$$$$$$! LOL! I am guessing she will start broodying around June even she has been broody off and on around March, still too cold. June and July are the best times for her to have them and its warmer. Yeah, it would take a bit longer for them to develop and lay eggs in the following year but it would be worth it.
Yes I agree, I don't cull them simply because they are older than two, my four year old CW hen laid me some eggs almost every day, roughly the same number as her younger years! I am hoping longevity would be part of the breeding too!
I am keeping track of those who are in the club. If they had a hard time getting into the Webs website, they can personally email me and I will get them on the list. Even we show 18 members on the member's list but there are more on the breeder's list that I took when I first started out collecting emails and names and city, states. Many of them still have active emails. If the ones that don't have active emails would be dropped from the mailing and membership list until I hear from them again. People do constantly changing emails, that is work itself LOL!
Got back from Springfield today, visited the TSC, met another couple who was in BYC too, buying chicken feed....really nice lady! I told her to find my handle name or under the Welsummer threads and she can come and visit us in here. Bought some chick feed, a waterer, and a feeder. Need to go and get a plastic tote and hubby is going to see if he can find some brooder light setups. I'm going to have to find a BIG bow and take it to dd's school auction. Still waiting on the Backyard Chickens for Dummies book. Hopefully next week!
After finding many people everywhere I go, I may have to make some business cards to give to people about Welsummers, WCNA and BYC.
Nate, do you know which one of your Wellies are pure Grisham? I hope they have a leg tag on them LOL!
Hiyas everybody.
Took a lil trip to Va today and came home with these.
it was late so i just snapped a couple of quickies, hope to have better shots in the future.
Are those bantams? The one pullet with the black head, that is not a Welsummer but perhaps a crossbred or a cull.
Other than that, nice find!
Other than that, nice find!
only two are wellies...they are LF
the other 2 are golden lakenvelders.
this is my first step into the world of chickens, i had planned to wait until spring...lol
that didn't work out to well.
the other 2 are golden lakenvelders.
this is my first step into the world of chickens, i had planned to wait until spring...lol
that didn't work out to well.
It's never too late to start on chickens!
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the first step on the road to addiction...... welcome to the world of loving chickens
the first step on the road to addiction...... welcome to the world of loving chickens
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