The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[Happy Chooks]

Congrats and good luck with your hatch!

 

[vanalpaca]

Chickenfish,"my wife shut me down. Will some of you lady chicken owners send me the secret code so I can convince my wife that we should get at least three more?"

I have several suggestions.

1) You need to find out what her MAIN OBJECTION is to you having "just 3 more" chickens.

Is it care, cost, appearance, noise, etc. Maybe there is something you could do better...

2) When it comes to SECRET CODES, every lady is different in what she is willing to 'trade on'. Seems to me an IPAD isn't cheap!

My hubby is the 'no livestock' person here. NOTHING will make him budge on it, so I just have to ignore it and get them anyway.....I just try to keep the odor, noise, objectionable parts away from him so he isn't reminded I have them......Just served him eggs for breakfast, too!

Good Luck! Just make sure she doesn't learn to butcher them and serve them up to you for dinner:/

Bonnie in Ohio

 

[All-American-Chick]

I NEED WELLIES.
Im having a hard time finding some,anybody have some.

I really want some of nates from shamrock farm but looks like he is sold out.
anybody have some of his lines?Chicks would be best cause i dont know what im doing with the bator yet.

please im down on my knees begging you all to help a gal out
renee

 

[Happy Chooks]

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I have hatching eggs if you want me to send you some. (only have 1 hen at the moment though) They are not Nate's lines, mine are mostly Barber lines. (with a bit of Whitmore)

 

[All-American-Chick]

thank you but i need to figure out this bator before i purchase any eggs.
i will keep this in mind
thank you so much

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I have hatching eggs if you want me to send you some. (only have 1 hen at the moment though) They are not Nate's lines, mine are mostly Barber lines. (with a bit of Whitmore)

 

[babyrnlc]

well, I have just been informed that I have a Welsummer chick! She came out of the assorted pullets bin at the feed store (they get from Ideal). It was back and forth whether she was a welsummer or a brown leghorn, but it seems she is a welsummer. I was a little bummed because I read they do not lay as well as a leghorn, but then I saw the color of their eggs and I am quite happy! We have a large variety of colors and soon to be egg colors in our flock, so this will work out just right! She will be our only dark brown egg layer!

Here is Princess Julia (named by my 5 yr old)

Most recent picture (second from the left)

A couple of weeks ago

 

[pinkchick]

Congrats on eggs and chicks peeps!!!!!!
Good luck with the hatching and to those with chicks.....I hope you love them lots like I know you will! It's very very hard not to love a Wellie!

 

[Happy Chooks]

babyrnlc...........Welcome to the Wellie thread! Pretty girl! My wellies are great layers, but they probably don't lay as well as a leghorn.

(I don't have a leghorn, so can't tell you)

 

[harryof47]

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I only have 4 white leghorns and they are laying machines. It seems like they are just skin & bones, but 4 extra large eggs almost every day, and on a rare day only 3. I sure don't get their eggs mixed up with the wellies. Brown leghorns I've had in the past didn't seem to lay quite that good, as I recall.

Blessings

Harold

 

[nova7353]

5 of these babys r welsummers 5 susex and EE to bad i cant tell the welsummers apart from the susex lol