Are welsummers usually noisy?

[secretagent]

We added 2 into the fold and I asked when getting them if they are vocal and I ws told no. But they can really screech! They are far too noisy for a residential area!! Is this the norm or have we just got chatty ones?

 

[Uzuri]

Mine are INCREDIBLY noisy when they lay, and they get all the others stirred up. I don't know if that's just a Welsummer thing, or a lineage thing, or just that I got some noisy individuals, but I always know when I'm going to get a dark egg.

 

[cabot]

I only have one and she is very quiet, I have never heard more than a soft cluck from her. She is 36 weeks old and not laying yet so that may change....

 

[ella98]

I have 2 and they are the loudest out of my bunch always clucking and screeching especcially at bedtime!

 

[pinkchick]

I breed Welsummers and I will tell you that YES they can be very noisy, but there are some that also have Wellies that are not so noisy. One of the reasons I love my Wellies soooooooooo much is because I love to hear their beautiful egg songs. Even the roosters are happy to join in and help the cause. Without fail I am alerted everyday in song that someone is going to lay. Then to get that beautiful TerraCotta egg on top of that....I've died and gone to chicken heaven.

It's a Welsummer thing!

 

[Imagesoart]

Is the Welsummer egg a different color from the Marans egg?

 

[pinkchick]

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Yes they are. I have a photo of them side by side, give me just a minute to upload for you. Both are beautiful eggs. They variety of speckles and smooth eggs are so lovely in a colorful egg basket.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Yes, my wellies love to sing! This includes my rooster who sings with all the ladies.

Wellie eggs right, Marans center and left:

 

[pinkchick]

Well there ya go.....Chooks beat me to it. Lovely LOVELY LOVELY Chooks!!!!!!

 

[Imagesoart]

ohhhhhhh, so nice! Thanks. For me it is all about the egg colors! I am going to have to get me some of those Welsummers!