The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[Opa]

I think you are right

 

[Johnn]

Just baught 3 welsummer eggs and 3 cuckoo maran eggs to go under my broody BO, just wondering how to tell the sex?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

welsummer females have the v on the head. look above a few posts. not sure on the marans...

 

[faykokoWV]

Here are my 2 wk old babies from 'Ruth'. I think I've got 2 girls and 4 boys?

I would agree, from the picture, it looks to me like two girls and the rest are boys

 

[Kansaseq]

Thanks, guys

 

[Trish44]

These chicks were both from Welsummer parents, no crosses, so it must be either a fluke or some hidden gene. I plan to keep it for awhile to see what the sex is & if it's a hen it may get to stay for an egg producer. I don't raise Welsummers, I just wanted a couple of hens for eggs because I was told they are good layers, I have never had any before. I asked for some eggs from a friend of mine who has only Welsummers & these two hatched from those eggs. I do think it will be interesting to see how the chick feathers out though, even though it doesn't conform to standards.

 

[faykokoWV]

are silver duckwing welsummers on our side of the pond yet?

they are here in the bantam version, but I haven't heard of any LF
I have bantam silver duckwing welsummers in the incubator right now

 

[Hangtown Farms]

ohh very cool. where did you get them from?

 

[faykokoWV]

Erhard Weihs in Washington state. He also sent me bantam gold duckwing eggs

 

[Hangtown Farms]

thank you