The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[EweSheep]

Opa got the right amount of spangling in his roo's chest. Too much more brown is a no no.

At least you got the idea of what and how much brown spangling you need in a cockeral's feathers. However, as they aged, do they get more brown spangling?

 

[Opa]

The rooster pictured is a 2 year old rooster and he does have about 20% brown on his chest. As a one year old the spangling was pretty much confined to his chest. This year he does have some brown spangling extending on the legs.

 

[Opa]

It's amazing the egg color variation I get with my Welsummers.

 

[Hens and Roos]

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those are neat- we have 5 girls laying right now and each one lays a different shade-!

 

[Opa]

I'm also very satisfied with the egg size I get with Welsummers. I have a large hand so the eggs are actually bigger than they look in my old paw. According to the egg scale the center egg is a jumbo and the other two are both extra large.

 

[ChikieLyn]

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The egg in the center is exactly why we were so excited about finding Welsummers! We only have 2 4-month old females (are they considered pullets at this age??? Yes, I'm a newbie...) that are very sweet with lots of personality, beautiful birds!

 

[Opa]

ChikieLyn, I really like the finely speckled dark terra cotta colored eggs but I wouldn't mind if they all came out looking like that center egg.

Pullet is the correct term for a hen less than a year old. For roosters it's cockerel.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Gorgeous eggs Opa! Nice size too!

 

[faykokoWV]

caught a picture of one of my roo's running... had to laugh... sometimes I have body parts that swing like that too

edited to add a normal pic of him too lol

 

[faykokoWV]

while I had the camera out, I thought I'd take an egg picture too. I like the picture in the hand that Opa took because it shows the color hasn't been dabbled with on the computer. My hand is probably smaller than Opa's so don't think these are giant eggs lol