Buyer question
How long do Welsummer poultry live?
Our Animal Library gives the Welsummer poultry a lifespan of 7–9 years.
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.
- Hardiness
- 4 out of 5 (Hardy)
- Origin
- Welsum, Netherlands
- Best fit
- Backyard flocks, foragers
What to weigh
Welsummers lay fewer eggs than production breeds. Egg color fades through the laying season.