?? About Welsummer chicks & temperament

[debs_flock]

I have a welsummer cockrel & pullet, Cornelius & Marilyn. They are two of my friendliest chickens. The cockrel is actually fairly low in the pecking order, below my australorp cockrel (who towers over him) and several pullets his same age. However, he is HANDSOME!

Deb

 

[CamsCluckinChicks]

Excellent info!! Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!

My husband & I have both been eyeing the Welsummer roo as what I want for my Layer's this next spring. Because they're so beautiful, I was a li'l concerned about their temperament...I figured it can't possibly be that gorgeous and sweet!!

I currently have a flock of 5 Mille Fleur D'Uccles (4 pullets/1 cockerel), flock of 6 bantam Cochin's (5 hens/1 roo), 1 White-Crested Black Polish hen (will add a boy & 4 more girls in the spring - lol), a Khaki Campbell duck trio & 2 Production Red ducks, 4 Ringneck Pheasant's & 24 Blue/Black/Splash bearded Silkie eggs in the incubator (plus 4 Splash 2-week old's in the brooder). My goal is to add a small flock of 6 Speckled Sussex (1 cock/5 pullets) and some layer's. The layers will include the Wellie cock & the following pullets: 2 Blue-Laced Red Wyandotte, 2 Black Copper Maran's, 2 Exchequer Leghorn's, 2 Easter Egger's, 2 Red Star's & 2 Dominique's. I want a colorful egg basket! LoL!!

When I 1st started with my own chickens a few years ago, I bought several different breeds & worked with them, observed them, etc. I sold off the ones I didn't 'like' & have since been working towards my 'perfect' poultry crew. We're in the process of making several 'mini' coops & placing them in different locations with garden beds, etc. (think miniature golf course). In the meantime, I sold/gave away even more chickens & now I have to pretty much start over. That's OK though because I want to be really selective now that I know what I want. I love roosters, so of course I must have one for my layer coop!! I've had good & bad experiences with most breeds, but have never met a Wellie before. This thread helped me make that last decision. Thank you!!