Buyer question
Are Welsummer poultry good for beginners?
Yes: our Animal Library rates the Welsummer poultry 4 out of 5 for beginners (good starter breed).
Source: the Welsummer poultry page in the Everybarn Animal Library. Welsummer poultry in the Animal Library
The detail
Welsummers come from the village of Welsum in the Netherlands and lay dark terracotta eggs, often speckled. They are friendly, active foragers, and chicks can often be sexed at hatch by their head markings.
- Best fit
- Backyard flocks, foragers
- Hardiness
- 4 out of 5 (Hardy)
What to weigh
Welsummers lay fewer eggs than production breeds. Egg color fades through the laying season.