#welsummer

[occaisional-chunkens]

everyone got to enjoy some peaches before tonights thunderstorm rolls in

[qwigoqwaga]

This is Clementine. She’s a partridge Welsummer (the same as Penelope). I’m not sure how old she is but I’d guess 12 weeks or so. She’s been pecking on the little ones a bit and is content to just do her own thing. Hopefully she’ll become the leader and Annabelle and Petunia will follow her instead of hanging out in the coop all day.

[ainawgsd]

Nine long weeks until we pick up our chicks.

Pictures from the Meyer Hatchery website

[the-barn-rat]

We’ve decided to retain this Dorking cockerel so he’s been named and his name is Count Tyrone Rugen of Florin, the Six-Fingered Man, as portrayed by Christopher Guest, Fifth Baron Hayden-Guest, in the Timeless William Goldman Classic The Princess Bride (1987), Based on his own 1973 Novel The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, the "Good Parts" Version

That’s all good night

[curiosityschild]

The flock!

The three in the back:

Daphne (welsummer), Delilah (welsummer), Pingu (barred rock)

The four on the left:

Fauna (easter egger), Flora (easter egger), Meriwether (speckled sussex), Eleanor (welsummer)

The four on the right:

Ella (easter egger), Elsa (easter egger), Maryanne (welsummer), Baby (golden laced wyandotte)

[homeofhousechickens]

Cute Easter Egger and Welsummer I raised 4 years ago

[deepglownautilus]

For the chicken thing, here’s FR’s welsummer (now just named rooster) vs my hen vs the internet’s rooster. Yeah, it has the rooster coloring, and yeah it doesn’t have a rooster’s saddle feathers or spurs, but like. I’ll let you in on a secret. Chickens are super diverse in sexual dimorphism. There are hens who crow and grow saddle feathers and roosters who look like hens. Nature is funky. I’m honestly just glad staff picked endangered and unique breeds (Brahma and Cochin- though they are recovering, and Sebrights who the livestock conservancy org considers critical)

It’s not perfect, but like. What is man. And chicken owners should know that chickens are messy

Bonus of one of our broody hens :]

[simplepotatofarmer]

next spring i'm gonna be adding one of these girls to my flock!

i also have the chance to add one more hen. i haven't decided which sort, though.

i could add another bantam (options are: cochin bantams including frizzles, silkies, mille fleur and white crested polish) or i could add a breed like a blrw, brahma, langshan, bielefelder, turken, or a welsummer.

that'll be all we can have so it feels like a big decision!!

[vapor-vine]

hits the woah and turns the twstie cast into furries (feat. me and my besties’ ocs). technically part of an au, those who were human in canon get rounder/flatter faces like some styles of how people draw furries, while beastmen and fae get to be a bit more animal-ly

species in the below

Riddle - Brittania Petit

Ace - Cat (moggy)

Deuce - Dog (mutt)

Trey - Smooth Collie

Cater - Harlequin Rabbit (some cat)

Leona - Lion (uncertain which though)

Jack - Grey Wolf (some jackal)

Ruggie - Spotted Hyena

Azul - Octopus/Oriental Longhair

Jade & Floyd - Moray Eel/Cat

Kalim - Arabian Gazelle

Jamil - Arabian Cobra

Vil - Fantail Pigeon (some peacock)

Epel - Welsummer Chicken

Rook - Augur Buzzard (some fox)

Idia - Borzoi

Ortho - Cretan Hound (yes i know he doesnt really look like a dog in the doodles)

Malleus - Dragon/Dragonfly

Lilia - Vampire Bat/Vampire Moth

Silver - Fallow Deer

Sebek - Nile Crocodile/Lightning Bug

[morpo]

do you know what breed your chicken twig is? she looks EXACTLY like my chicken olivia!! (who i only know as an olive egger)

Twig is a Welsummer! Im not super familiar with which breeds make up an Olive Egger, so I don't know if welsummers are mixed in there. I can tell you that Twig lays dark, speckly brown eggs!

[lionews]

I’m so glad it’s not just me with the welsummer thing lol. Upon closer inspection, all of them look swollen like that, it’s how the pads are drawn. It’s just way, way less noticeable on all other colors, even coral, pink, peach, and red. Welsummer is a way brighter red than the red skin and it makes them look irritated. It just looks so painful

[occaisional-chunkens]

everyones new favorite snack. its good because its very easy to move the spoon between bird and make sure everyone gets some, and peanut butter is more challenging to steal directly out of another birds mouth before they can swallow.

[qwigoqwaga]

One of the new chickens started laying eggs! I’m guessing it’s Clementine. The green egg is probably Annabelle’s.

[kihaku-gato]

Ok time to scratch/vent crow brain now;

Things the Gato wants to has as a sorta-collection. It literally just lists Feathers, an egg and Anime Figures, cause brain said it’d have more than that for me to write on this list and it lied due to forgetfulness

First one- Feathers. Older me understands that legally best not to collect feathers that aren’t either hunting-game birds or domesticated birds, so makes this list scuffed as I only know a few birds that match that.

Male pheasant tail feathers. Cause lovely stripes.

Guniea Fowl Feathers, cause funky spots.

Peacock feather is actually one I’m not dying for weirdly enough, but wouldn’t mind as the top-off if I had other feathers, maybe I’d be more interested if it was from a funky colour morph peacock or something.

cutting in readmore cause this list is gonna be various the deeper we go

Fucking Sebright chicken feathers, either silver or gold morph tbh, and is the breed that always reminds me that there is prolly an untapped enjoyment for domestic birb feathers.

Plymouth Barred Rock feathers. STRIPES AGAIN!!! zebra chimkin!!!

Welsummer feathers. Neck or body cause wtf man, how they patterned like that. Is this a bird or a mosaic?!

Hamburg feathers. This is assuming that the feathers look like what I think they look like; white with black at the ends.

WE ARE SURPRISINGLY DONE WITH THE FEATHERS, not cause I wouldn’t mind others but cause I can’t think of any (the last two chickens were googled ones with me trying to find neat patterned breeds if it wasn’t obvious)

DRAINED EMU EGG. CAUSE GREEN AND FANCY AND THERES WEIRDOS IN THE ODD PARTS OF THIS PROVINCE THAT GOT EMUS

Anime figures since that’s the next one that crossed my mind, being most are expensive as fuck, I don’t see getting any unless I get super lucky. Not really into the ecchi/lewd types but the pretty/cute? absolutely

Gura Nendroid

Marine Nendroid (surprising entry since I don’t watch her but her pirate motif and colour designs hit the right spot)

Ironmouse Nendroid

Not gonna show pictures but like, most Miku Nendroids, Sakura, catgirl, any of the cute themed Mikus are a yes plz

Okayu figurine, cause catgirl bias

Chocolate/Vanilla nekopara figurines. Cause catgirl bias, I have not played the games (seeing streams of the games makes me want to play said games even less lmao). Azuki wouldn’t be bad either.

Googling pics made me realize there are a lot of cute catgirl figurines from various franchises. Many of those others would be cute too.

[the-barn-rat]

Boys.

Birch, tractor supply Easter egger abomination and 100% good boy

His son and usurper Leg, who we’re pretty sure came from a Wyandotte’s egg

Count Rugen the Six Fingered Man, a Dorking from a fancy heritage breeder

Danny Devito (Daniel of House Vito), a light Brahma from the same breeder

[sams-therapy-chickens]

These were the OG house chickens. Max (the welsummer) and Sassy (the barred rock). I miss them dearly. They were both goobers. Max created the game Bloody Fingers, also known as Garage Band. If you tried to play with her, she would eat your fingers and angry noise at you. Max loved goldfish crackers (on accident) she started to actively search for the box. Sassy was so tolerant, but of o was working aka typing, she would rip my headphones out from the jack to pay attetnion to her. Both were so full of personality. As you can see. they used to both sit and work with me.