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You did not get unlucky, you got hatchery birds. I think there is a huge difference between hatchery Welsummers and breeder's Welsummers. I know of 2 people locally who got rid of their hatchery Welsummers because they were so flighty (psycho). They couldn't understand why I would be interested in this breed. It's a shame these hatchery birds are giving the breed a bad rep.
Not all hatchery birds are that way though. Our last Wellie was Hatchery and she was a lap bird and low on the pecking order. She would come when she was called and would be the curious one that followed you around while you were busy outside. When we purchased her, we had to choose from about 30 Wellies and all of them were at our feet begging for attention.
My two older girls are just 22 weeks and I thought it would be a few more weeks yet before they started to lay. So needless to say I was not expecting this. What do you experts think about this as far as color for a first egg? I have it next to a regular egg.
