Yellow welsummer chick? PICTURES ADDED

[ChickyLaura]

I just wish I could get some chicks to hatch...

Congrats on the hatch, but it must be disappointing to not get what you wanted.

 

[becky3086]

It was definitely disappointing, since I needed a welsummer roo but I hate to use one that might not be pure. The person I bought from has seen the post and is upset, says they don't have any Delawares or white chickens. If this is the case, I think maybe the welsummers just weren't pure to begin with.

I don't see any markings on the yellow chick.

 

[TimG]

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She/he shouldn't be upset by anything you've said. Maybe upset that his/her Welsummers aren't pure, but not upset with you.

 

[cybercat]

Actually it could be pure bred Welsumer. It seems this has been happening a bit of late due to alot of linebreeding going on. Something that can not be avoided due to there was only 3 strains to work with. As Krys109uk said it is rare but does happen. It can be one of two things a genentic throwback or a sport. But still a pure welsumer.

 

[becky3086]

I might go for that, except that there is only one of the three that looks the right color, the other chick is light brown.

 

[EweSheep]

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I must agree there has been alot going on this year. Maybe it is the year of the Golden Chick! However I have no idea where that came from but possibly a throw back from one of the old breeds.

Inbreeding???? I dont know for sure but with that many going around, I dont think it would be inbreeding.

 

[becky3086]

Ok, I think it is unlikely I just have a very unusual chick here--or three, since I just hatched another light brown one. So if you have hatched out a yellow welsummer chick, please pm me so we can see if we got eggs from the same person.

 

[ging3rhoffman]

It would be interesting to see what color of eggs that they lay. You could have bragging rights. A yellow hen that lays dark brown eggs. I would be so curious to see those eggs.

 

[becky3086]

Yeah, well I would rather have welsummers, lol. I have sent pms to two other people who I found had hatched out yellow welsummer chicks and I hope they write me back and tell me how their chicks turned out and who they bought their eggs from.

 

[Krys109uk]

I hadn't spotted the variety of chick down colours when I wrote the post about the recessive white Wellies which used to crop up in some lines of Wellies in Britain. With three different chick downs, that seems an unlikely explanation.