“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.”
“Cornflake is definitely the friendliest chicken in our flock! From day 1 she has always wanted to be by my side and even sits on my shoulder while I'm out doing yard work. She's always the first to try something new and she's for sure at the top of the pecking order, but gentle and sweet - just bossy! By far my favorite hen (and it's hard to pick a favorite!)”
“Got 2 hens and both are the best. They're not afraid of the dogs and sit with them on the porch. Get on my lap and just lay down. They lay smaller dark brown eggs about 4 days a week.”
“I purchased 4 hens a little over a year ago. They are very calm and lay large dark brown eggs with speckles.. One lays a lighter cream color with bigger spots. 3 of the 4 have been broody.. But snap out of it quickly when I put them in "Broody Jail" for a couple days.. They are not mean when broody at all, very easy to handle. Over all I really love them”
“If you have a small yard with close neighbors I don't recommend this breed. They are beautiful and lay such pretty dark brown eggs but they are screamers.”
