Buyer question
How many eggs do Welsummer poultry lay?
Our Animal Library lists the Welsummer poultry at about 160–200 speckled brown eggs a year (eggs).
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.
- Egg output
- 3 out of 5 (Moderate layer)
- Purpose
- Eggs
- 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.