Thanks to the friend of mine who decided to sell me back Nate Vanwey hen back to me when she decided she HAD to downsize the flock to spend more time with her family. She also threw in an EE which she is lovely but boy, was she the top dog LOL! She butchered the roo and the predator got the other hen late last winter. She had ALL the chickens into the garage so they will be safe from predators. From 75 to 15 is her goal and I'm glad she is cutting back since they want to move into town. They love being out in the country but the cons outweigh the pros at this point in their lives. So they are selling off alot of their animals, mini ponies are all spoken for, all is left are the red sex links and Flemish Giants (which they are young but I was about to fall off my chair in the sheer size of them!).
A bit of groceries, they will fatten up quickly. The EE looked good but the Welsummer girl is a bit light weight and noticed she did have some lighter colored comb and wattles and earlobes, must be the stress and fighting for food, her back looked like she has been rode to death by the roo. I was glad to get her out of there since she was the fav of the roo's harem. A bit of a vacation, she will be on the mend. Her leg colors are yellow, corn yellow as it could be!
The Ee girl looked like a Faverolle cross, no fifth toe that I could see but her legs are light pink and the beard looks alot like the Faverolles than the Ameraucanas. Lovely girl and hope she will lay me some GREEN eggs! Now if her disposition would be a bit mellow, we would be good to go but man, she climbed the pecking order really fast.
My orp banty girl started laying about five days ago, found eggs under her, thinking she is not laying...sneaky girl!
So now I have three LF Welsummers, one EE, one Welsummer Bantam (Erhard lines), and one black orp banty hen...do I need more? YOU BET!
Zanna, he does not look like a bad looking roo despite of the huge back blade of his comb and the black penciling can be improved with the girls that has less. I don't know enough how bad it would be but I think Royce would be a better judge or McSpin would chime in. In the SOP, none is being said about how much black penciling is required in the roosters.
yep they string you along this but it is well worth it! Ours have been laying steady through the winter when some of the others aren't!Our flock will all be six months old this coming Sunday, and they're all laying 5-6 days per week...except our wellie. We never really expected any of them to lay so well to start, especially in the middle of winter. We know the more heritage breeds tend to start laying a little later, but even our dominique has been laying regularly for the past two weeks.
It's a bugger because we reeeeaaaally want to see what our wellie's eggs look like. Do they usually torture you like this or is ours putting in extra effort?
