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Chick update
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:10 am
by TomK
ok..a little 'baby' news...all 10 Welsummer chciks are growing fast...gosh they are pretty...almost completely feathered out and almost ready to not need heat in the brooder....still hoping
@WLLady is close to being right on the boy/girl ratio...gotta love babies
the one with just the 2 birds shows 'Pipsqueak', the one chick i helped out of the shell..doing fine but the runt of the class
Re: Chick update
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:05 am
by WLLady
in the pipsqueak photo-pip is likely a little girl (and super cute). the one in front is a boy, the one behind is a girl.
i hope i'm right too-mostly because i hate being wrong, but also someone deserves to have a hatch that isn't 90% boys this year! LOL
Re: Chick update
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 1:00 pm
by Brebis
They look great @TomK, I loved my welsummers, laid well, nice eggs and their temperament is really easy going. If I can have chickens in Kingston next year they will be one of my choices.
Re: Chick update
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:32 am
by Kbr42
@TomK did you purchase those eggs or do you have welsummers?
They are super cute.
Re: Chick update
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:09 am
by WLLady
the wellies are my favorites too
awesome foragers, blend in well for the flying predators, the boys make a respectable eating bird by 20 weeks and the girls are good and hardy and lay a really nice large brown egg. They seem to be less apt to egg binding than some other types, and are super laid back and not stressy
Re: Chick update
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:18 am
by Killerbunny
Hmmm.. Think I might need some of those eggs in the spring @TomK !
Re: Chick update
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 12:35 pm
by TomK
Kbr42 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:32 am
@TomK did you purchase those eggs or do you have welsummers?
They are super cute.
i have a rooster and 6 unrelated hens of my iwn so I collected eggs (18) and gave hatching a go...got 11 out of the shell but one died..all but 2 eggs were fertile...
Re: Chick update
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 12:44 pm
by TomK
TomK wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 12:35 pm
Kbr42 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:32 am
@TomK did you purchase those eggs or do you have welsummers?
They are super cute.
i have a rooster and 6 unrelated hens of my iwn so I collected eggs (18) and gave hatching a go...got 11 out of the shell but one died..all but 2 eggs were fertile...
I think i will tag them this week and take individual pics and see what you all think ...Ive never had Welsummer chicks and find these guys super friendly and quite beautiful...
Re: Chick update
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:34 pm
by Kbr42
TomK wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 12:35 pm
Kbr42 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:32 am
@TomK did you purchase those eggs or do you have welsummers?
They are super cute.
i have a rooster and 6 unrelated hens of my iwn so I collected eggs (18) and gave hatching a go...got 11 out of the shell but one died..all but 2 eggs were fertile...
I'm interested in some eggs next year, if that’s possible?
Re: Chick update
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:26 pm
by KimChick
After all those wonderful comments about Welsummers, I'm going to look up that breed.
The dispositions of my barred rocks and mixtures there of do not coincide with with information online. Mine are bossy and mean. The pure bred barred rock rooster, however, is the best rooster we have had to date. He is good natured, breaks up hen squabbles, and is always on guard.
