The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[EweSheep]

 

[Hens and Roos]

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Thank you Ghostrider (Kim)! I am Kim also.

I am not sure which photos of my girls you are referring to, but chances are what ever photo you saw, you saw birds that I use for breeding. I currently only have 3 molting hens and ever so patiently waiting for some eggs in hopes of a new rooster as my boy recently passed.
The egg ornaments are beautiful!

OH I'm so sorry to hear you lost your Roo,
I have an over abundance of them started out with 34 of my 43 chicks , but I'm finally down to 4 and at least 1 more has to go maybe 2, will see if my S.S. doesn't start being a little nicer he is gonna be soup.... grrrr
Do any of the hatcheries have decent pullets in this breed? I don't want to show them so they don't have to be the perfect specimen, cuz I'm not sure what might be available around here, I plan to go to the swap come March, but can't guarantee there will be any wellies there. TY Kim

How many are you looking for and are you wanting pullets right away? We have won't have chicks until NYD and then not sure what will hatch. We currently have 3 girls per roosters so 6 girls total.

 

[GhostRider65]

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OH I'm so sorry to hear you lost your Roo,
I have an over abundance of them started out with 34 of my 43 chicks , but I'm finally down to 4 and at least 1 more has to go maybe 2, will see if my S.S. doesn't start being a little nicer he is gonna be soup.... grrrr
Do any of the hatcheries have decent pullets in this breed? I don't want to show them so they don't have to be the perfect specimen, cuz I'm not sure what might be available around here, I plan to go to the swap come March, but can't guarantee there will be any wellies there. TY Kim

How many are you looking for and are you wanting pullets right away? We have won't have chicks until NYD and then not sure what will hatch. We currently have 3 girls per roosters so 6 girls total.

I would like 5 more chicks, sexed pullets...... My original plan was for 25 hens and 3 roosters, but my order was screwed up and I ended up with so many roosters I was almost sorry I started this venture. I'm hoping my Delawares will hatch me some eggs come spring, I only have a couple girls that are known to go broody, so I'm thinking I will have to buy some sexed pullets as replacement layers unless of course I'm lucky with a broody or 2.
I still want a few wellies though for them marvelous dark speckled eggs. I have all Brown egg layers, everyone seems to have a shade of their own, which I love. My best layers appear to be my EE, and my Delawares they lay everyday regardless of the cold and no light conditions of Wisconsin winters, even my BR isn't laying like I expected her too, neither is my SL Wyandotte and BO hen. Maybe because they all started to lay this year or maybe they are just a tad lazy, not sure will see come spring after their first molt. Maybe They will settle into an egg a day, or at least every other day. I want to be able to sell eggs at some point and since the girls started laying in August from my first batch, then again 2 months later with the other, we are only keeping up to our need and a few extra dozen for the kids and the chickens themselves once in awhile.
I have 16 hens so I was hoping I would get at least a dozen everyday, but we been ranging 6 to 9 lately once I got 14....so I really can't complain a whole lot. So if you have extra's that would be good if not I will keep looking, and if I have too I think cackle or Ideal has Wellsummer chicks starting in Feb. TY Kim

 

[Hens and Roos]

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How many are you looking for and are you wanting pullets right away? We have won't have chicks until NYD and then not sure what will hatch. We currently have 3 girls per roosters so 6 girls total.

I would like 5 more chicks, sexed pullets...... My original plan was for 25 hens and 3 roosters, but my order was screwed up and I ended up with so many roosters I was almost sorry I started this venture. I'm hoping my Delawares will hatch me some eggs come spring, I only have a couple girls that are known to go broody, so I'm thinking I will have to buy some sexed pullets as replacement layers unless of course I'm lucky with a broody or 2.
I still want a few wellies though for them marvelous dark speckled eggs. I have all Brown egg layers, everyone seems to have a shade of their own, which I love. My best layers appear to be my EE, and my Delawares they lay everyday regardless of the cold and no light conditions of Wisconsin winters, even my BR isn't laying like I expected her too, neither is my SL Wyandotte and BO hen. Maybe because they all started to lay this year or maybe they are just a tad lazy, not sure will see come spring after their first molt. Maybe They will settle into an egg a day, or at least every other day. I want to be able to sell eggs at some point and since the girls started laying in August from my first batch, then again 2 months later with the other, we are only keeping up to our need and a few extra dozen for the kids and the chickens themselves once in awhile.
I have 16 hens so I was hoping I would get at least a dozen everyday, but we been ranging 6 to 9 lately once I got 14....so I really can't complain a whole lot. So if you have extra's that would be good if not I will keep looking, and if I have too I think cackle or Ideal has Wellsummer chicks starting in Feb. TY Kim

I will keep you posted once we see what hatches out, we set 27 eggs with this round but I'm sure we will be setting some more

 

[java girl 2]

how did the dutch make the gold duckwing welsummer chickens? do you guys know of any breeds that have this color. I know the old english game bird and the salmon faverolle have this! any others?

 

[EweSheep]

We do have a Gold Duckwing Welsummer bantam breeder here in the US. Not sure where he got them from.

 

[enggass]

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Interesting - Pics???

 

[EweSheep]

Sorry I don't have any but let me look it up to see if he has a website.

 

[bantiehen]

[/img] Here is Special my little Welsummer rooster. He almost didn't make it when he was a chick. My one and only

. I don't have any Welsummer girls for him yet but I do have some Buff Orpingtons that I'm going to put him with.. He's pretty laid back so far but lol not sure if he's gonna be the same when I put him with those hens

hahahhaaa..

 

[pinkchick]

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Welcome to the Wellie Thread! They are special and you will enjoy him tons.....just wait until you get some Wellie girls too! You will be on cloud 9! They are wonderful birds!