The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[Opa]

When I know what my plans are I'll let you know.

 

[pinkchick]

NC~

Congratulations! Glad you had such a good hatch despite the power outages.

Here's a couple photos of their daddy waiting patiently to get let out today and enjoy some grass, and one of him with his 2 boys that I am growing out.

These 2 boys are very big....they are going to be 5 months old soon.

 

[sheila3935]

Opa when you come into town you and Ewe will have to stop off at Rural King and see me. I'd love to meet both of you. I've met her mom but not her yet.

 

[Opa]

I would love to do that. I will have to ask that you watch my posts and remind me when the time comes. This old rooster has filled his old brain to overflowing and sometimes things get lost..........but my memory isn't getting bad............yet.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Hi guys, I'm back! We were out of town for the weekend. Sheesh, you guys were chatty!

 

[rsquared]

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If you have extra keep me in mind, should be moved in by mid-June. Am selling the bulk of the wellies I have here. Would be happy to do the drive and kinda take things in in the PNW

 

[java girl 2]

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Java girl, you have been posting all over the Welsummer websites about your question and I think you are running out of options right now.

Like I said, get a hold of Mark Montgomery for a Gold duckwing or Silver Duckwing bantam roo and cross them with your Wellie LF girls. You would have to cull HARD that are bantam size, partridge size and egg color.

In the UK, the Gold and Silver Duckwings are not well received or widely acceptable. The Dutch does NOT accept them either and I don't think the Germans do either. The UK are having problems with the dispute of the Duckwings, getting egg color established, etc.

I will say it again, there are NO Duckwing Welsummers in the USA. Maybe in Canada if someone got some imports but you would have to deal with all the red tape and all that government papers and you better have a lot of money to deal with these kind of birds importing into US.

So if you want to create some Gold or Silver Duckwing, and you have the movation, time and money and do some HARD culling, it is doable. Otherwise, you will have to import some or call Greenfire Farms on the importation deal and see if they can import some for you. Mind you, it is very very expensive, roughly $1,000 per bird and money would be lost if you lose that bird. I would say you may have to go into five to ten generation to get some consisency without getting any throwbacks in partridge size or bantam size. It is recommended that you do not cross with an OE....those traits would be much harder and much longer to weed and cull out and getting the Welsummer traits back into the Duckwing project.

Would it be widely acceptable in the USA? Probably not. After all, we want to preserve the breed and the original color and the egg shell color as well as the functionality of the Welsummer.

I hope it answers your questions and good luck!

Hey, you can't blame a girl for trying

how do I talk to greenfire farm and mark montgomery??

that's for the UK!!

 

[NCSprout]

pink-

woke up this morning to find 4 more wellies peeping at me in the bator, so thats 11 out of 12...even with a power outage.

that is just awesome, best hatch i've had on shipped eggs.
You Rock!
Thank you very much for the care you put in, it shows.

Ivy

 

[EweSheep]

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Java girl, you have been posting all over the Welsummer websites about your question and I think you are running out of options right now.

Like I said, get a hold of Mark Montgomery for a Gold duckwing or Silver Duckwing bantam roo and cross them with your Wellie LF girls. You would have to cull HARD that are bantam size, partridge size and egg color.

In the UK, the Gold and Silver Duckwings are not well received or widely acceptable. The Dutch does NOT accept them either and I don't think the Germans do either. The UK are having problems with the dispute of the Duckwings, getting egg color established, etc.

I will say it again, there are NO Duckwing Welsummers in the USA. Maybe in Canada if someone got some imports but you would have to deal with all the red tape and all that government papers and you better have a lot of money to deal with these kind of birds importing into US.

So if you want to create some Gold or Silver Duckwing, and you have the movation, time and money and do some HARD culling, it is doable. Otherwise, you will have to import some or call Greenfire Farms on the importation deal and see if they can import some for you. Mind you, it is very very expensive, roughly $1,000 per bird and money would be lost if you lose that bird. I would say you may have to go into five to ten generation to get some consisency without getting any throwbacks in partridge size or bantam size. It is recommended that you do not cross with an OE....those traits would be much harder and much longer to weed and cull out and getting the Welsummer traits back into the Duckwing project.

Would it be widely acceptable in the USA? Probably not. After all, we want to preserve the breed and the original color and the egg shell color as well as the functionality of the Welsummer.

I hope it answers your questions and good luck!

Hey, you can't blame a girl for trying

how do I talk to greenfire farm and mark montgomery??

that's for the UK!!

You can find Greenfire Farms in here under Stonehenged (his link: http://greenfirefarms.com/ ) and Mark Montgomery is in the WCNA breeder's list and Yahoo, just say yoooooooo hooooooooo Mark! LOL! If you have any problems just let me know and I will buzz him.

 

[EweSheep]

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We all have to get together and meet in a good resturaunt. Never tried that Hickory BBQ not far from Rural King........