Welsummer

Love our Wellsummer Penny. She's about in the middle of the scale for friendliness: will eat out of my hand but does not like being picked up. Not aggressive with other hens, nor is she picked on. She goes broody once a year, and this year we slipped some fertile eggs under her. She's a great forager too, and eats all my slugs and snails. Good looking bird, but the best part are her lovely dark brown eggs!

A beautiful bird that produces very attractive speckled terra cotta eggs,  Ours have fit in well with other birds in our flock, being neither dominant nor timid.

Our Welsummer was an addition to an established flock and at first was picked on a lot.  But now she's right at home.  She is the least friendly of our birds (along with the Faverolle) and will escape into the front yard if given a chance, but lays GORGEOUS eggs.  They are a dark red/brown with lovely speckles.  I recommend this breed if you'd like to have some egg color variety, although it doesn't make the friendliest pet.

My Welsummer Hen is very friendly and is a very good layer of dark brown with speckled eggs. She also does very well in shows. She has won Best Welsummer out of Washington State and she is not even a breeder!

These are wonderful birds that are more sutible for free range of large areas (they don't mind confinment and the hens get along with others) since their somewhat flighty temperment is perfect for avoiding predators yet don't mind being held. They are a big help when it comes to taking care of pests. Their color is not only beautiful, but the plumage of the hens keeps them camouflaged and from being detected from hungry predators. The eggs are just as goregous as the birds are as well as big considering how small the Welsummer is!

Hands down my favorite of our breeds.  I've heard of sometimes getting a nasty natured roo, but in the 4 years we've had them- not a one!  Hens are good sized and very thrifty with their feed.  Great consistant egg color and eggs.  I can't say about hatchery birds, but from the lines I've got these are fantastic!  If I had to only have one breed it'd be wellies.

Nice birds. Eggs started out dark and have now lightened, but the birds are going on 3 years old.

Of ten hens I get about 4-5 eggs per day from 1st year hens. My rooster is not aggressive and is polite to the ladies.  The eggs are not much darker than my other hens, some have fun speckling.  When this bunch gets older I will replace them with Welsummer stock from a breeder or another autosexing breed, maybe Rhodebars.  

I got my full grown Welsummer hens back in August 2012. They were plucked clean in lots of places from living in overcrowded conditions and being overbred. After getting them happy and healthy they started laying beautiful varied eggs. I am very very happy with them and will definitely get more.