I had to put up another Roo yesterday as there was fighting between 2 Welsummers. One was bloody and injured to the point, I don't know if he will make it. And it was the very one we were considering using as our breeder in the Spring, to add to our flock some more of these beautiful birds. I even had someone interested in trading me some hens for one of them. Now I will have to wait and see if I will even have one to trade. It appears from what I have been told we could possibly have some viral illness in our flock. But it only seems to be affecting the roosters, none of the hens are showing any signs. Which is good, we need all the lovely eggs that they are laying.
Life continues,
Deborah
2 comments:
That rooster is so pretty. Where did you come across that breed?
Sunny, we actually raise him in a group of chicks we bought from a lady that lives in the next county. Welsummers are an old heritage breed and lay lovely brown eggs with darker speckles on them. The hens are quite lovely two, medium brown with gold edging on all the feathers. They can be found at hatcheries usually, but you have to order large number. We went with a local breeder so we could just get a few.
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