3 Month old cockeral

16 week old cockeral

16 weeks old

I am growing out 9 DG Welsummer cockerals for show birds. Each one is in its own pen with a steady supply of food (20%) and fresh water with Red Cell. They range from 2 to 3 months old. These cockerals are from my DG line. These birds seem to all hatch out and grow fast and keep the same look as their father. I see no faults with them so far. They are lucky because they would make great BBQ chicken. As big and plump as these birds are, they are an excellent dual purpose bird. My hens lay speckled and dark brown eggs. When its really hot my Welsummer eggs tend to get a shade lighter, but these girls lay well in our Texas heat. Its 100 degrees or hotter daily now.

Dark speckled Welsummer egg - Hen # 1

Pullet #2 egg

pullet #1 egg

Pullet # 3 egg

Parents of these cockerals

Front row of diverse colored Welsummer eggs.

Large Speckled Welsummer Eggs

Large Darker Brown Welsummer eggs

Cockeral # 4 - 12 weeks old

Updated pics of young cockerals

Young cockeral from DG line

3 more cockerals from DG line

These are the chicks that are pictured below about a month later. Look how fast they are growing. I was feeding them turkey starter for awhile which is 24% now they are on 20%.

I am growing out 9 cockerals that were selected out of 10. They currently are in a pen with other breeds. I am letting these 5 males grow out and will post pics monthly as they progress. They are from the DG line (a trio that I purchased from Don.) Don has already been focused on these birds for 12 years and out of all the Welsummers that I have seen I was partial to these. They had so many great qualities. I will keep you all posted.