Are Welsummers predator savvy?

[Farmlife16]

I would love to add some Welsummers to my flock, but I am wondering if they make a good free ranging breed (predator savvy)? Does anyone have any experience free ranging this breed?

 

[Iluveggers]

I would love to add some Welsummers to my flock, but I am wondering if they make a good free ranging breed (predator savvy)? Does anyone have any experience free ranging this breed?

They are good foragers!

 

[Farmlife16]

Are they flighty?

 

[Alexandra33]

I've never lost a Welsummer to a predator, even in situations where the likelihood is high. They're not terribly flighty, either, in my experience.

 

[Farmlife16]

Thanks so much!

 

[IVRN]

Hi. My Welsummer is fast as lightening. When I got her as a pullet it took forever to catch her. I think they are fast and nimble and friendly. Not cuddly but very pleasant and curious. I have 7 breeds and if I had more space to get more birds I would get more Welsummer. Their eggs aren’t very big big she almost never misses a day.

 

[Farmlife16]

Thank you! They are such pretty looking birds!

 

[IVRN]

Thank you! They are such pretty looking birds!

They really are.

 

[IVRN]

They really are. View attachment 2838770

She’s still a pullet so all her feathers aren’t fully in. She’s getting the green iridescent right now.

 

[Farmlife16]

She’s still a pullet so all her feathers aren’t fully in. She’s getting the green iridescent right now.

She looks fancy LOL