“I got 4 hens and one Rooster a year ago. The girls are very friendly and curious. They lay pretty dark speckled eggs. One girl however lays eggs with consistently thin cracked shell. That‚Äôs ok, I give the cracked egg to my Labrador Retriever. The Rooster is a different story, he is good with ‚ÄúHis‚Äù hens. Dagwood hates people and violently attacks me regularly. He terrifyingly flares his neck feather and goes in to kill me. I have resorted to carrying a fishing pole to battle with him. My legs are always battle scarred.I will re-home him because I have grandchildren. I had my previous Aeurocauna rooster for 12 years. Benny was fine with people.”
“My most friendly, beautiful, & curious bird out of 12. She us ALWAYS coming up to me and has always been super curious as to whatever I'm doing when near her. Her hatchlings came to my home in Arizona on July 14th and arrived happy and healthy. She has the most beautiful colors on her wings. She's not laying or squawking yet so I'll have to update my review later but I would for sure add one of these beauties to your flock if you have the room!”
“Good all-around breed. Surprisingly good mothers and broodies, who rarely leave a clutch unattended and are watchful of chicks in their care. Decent survival instincts (and coloration) for free ranging.
100% survival rate of chicks purchased here, and a high survival rate for chicks hatched by broody hens.
Welsummers have definitely become my go-to breed of choice.”
“I purchased 3 of these beautiful girls in March 2020. 1 died at a few weeks, for no apparent reason, 1 died at about 4 months. She just stopped eating. The 1 left, Hattie, seems smaller than the breed standard i have had in the past. She started laying at about 20 weeks and lays a medium brown egg, with little darker spots. A very pretty egg. She is sweet and friendly. Lives to be pettted.”
“I have a 3 year old Welsummer I got from MPC in 2017. She lays a pretty dark brown egg, or lighter brown with speckles toward the end of a laying season. Most of her eggs are large, some medium. The only reason I give 4 stars is that she tends to go broody fairly easily and is tough to break, also takes a long time to molt and doesn‚Äôt lay as well in the winter. Last year she went 5 months without laying at all. But when she is laying it‚Äôs almost every day.”
“These are a must-have! They are super smart and friendly (always first in line for treats) and they are hardy layers of unique spotted eggs. Ours have survived several Minnesota winters with no problem.”
“We had a Welsummer named Buckeye from our March batch. Sweetest chicken. Quite the talker, loved going out to seeing her! Never seen a chicken run so fast for scratch! She ended up being top of the pecking order and kept everyone in line.”
