Don't know anythng about welsummers, but all I can say is have patience. doesn't help much though, does it?
I know this a super old thread but I just wanted to say that my welsummers are 33 weeks old too and still not laying either lolI also have a Welsummer who seems to be taking her time. She's 32-33 weeks old (hatched late May) and . . . nothing. Seems to be quite healthy, good appetite and attitude, comb and waddles are big and bright red, though she does have an odd habit sometimes of walking about like she's squatting, and has done that since she was a chick. (It's not a layer squat. More like when a cat is trying to avoid your hand.) She seems to be low on the social ladder, but isn't bullied (hangs out with the rooster, who was her brooder mate, more than the other hens).
She does have larger spur bumps than my other hens, though from what I've read that doesn't necessarily mean she won't lay. The "whisker" or "spider silk" feathers you can see on her saddle and thighs I'm not sure about. This is the only Welsummer I've had so I'm curious, do other Welsummer owners have these odd feathers on their hens?
Edit: I did see her lingering in the house a little longer this morning. There were other girls taking turns on the nest, but at least she seemed to be watching what they were doing. After reading up some more, it sounds like some Welsummers take upwards of a year to start laying, and she did mature about the time the days were at their shortest, so I'll just have to be patient. . . . Did you ever have any luck, gourmetgrannies?
