“The Welsummer chicks are a little smaller than the Barred Rock and New Hampshire Red Chicks but are just as lively. They are eating well and are taking a little more time to get used to being handled.”
“This is the second backyard flock of laying hens that we ordered from My Pet Chicken, and like the first set of chickens, we are completely happy with these. Our first flock were Rhode Island reds we ordered in 2020 and now as they are slowing down in production we are adding the Welsummers. We are looking forward to raising these.”
“Our Welsummer is an amazing egg layer. She started laying first out of my 8 chicks and gives me one daily. She is our alpha (Thought she was a Roo when she was little because of her personality) and comes up and says Hi every time we go outside. The others follow her everywhere she goes.”
“I got 6 Welsummer chicks who all survived and are now almost 8 months. They started laying about a month ago and are finally laying consistently. Unfortunately, I don't want to keep them.
Pros: Hardy, intelligent, very people-friendly, seem like they would do very well in a free-range environment.
Cons: Rather SMALL eggs from LARGE birds! Very disappointed with the size and most of them are just... reddish brown. A pleasant reddish-brown, but a speckled egg is rare with them and I specifically got Welsummers because I was hoping for speckled eggs. They are also more aggressive towards my other hens than any other breed I have encountered and I have raised 9 distinct breeds of chicken. They pick fights with my Orpingtons and harass them frequently, sometimes even trying to attack through the fences of the runs. They are also quite noisy, even when not laying.
Overall they are my least favorite/most problematic breed after Polish. I would not recommend.”
