Parkersburg, IL
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- Purpose
- dual
- Egg color
- dark terracotta brown, often speckled
- Eggs / year
- ~180
- Hen weight
- ~6 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- friendly, active, intelligent
- Forages
- excellent
- Broodiness
- low
- APA class
- Continental
- NPIP stock code
- R225
- Origin
- Netherlands
Breed guide
Welsummer
Also known as: Welsumer
Dutch breed from the village of Welsum, laying deep terracotta eggs often flecked with darker speckles. The rooster is the classic cereal-box chicken. Chicks are roughly sexable at hatch by eyeliner markings.
Keeper's notes
Good forager that handles cool, wet weather well. Egg color is richest early in the laying cycle and fades toward molt.
APA recognized varieties
Continental · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Welsummer 1991
Welsummer listings
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Where to find Welsummer
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (53)
Paris, IL
Loraine, IL
East Mcleansboro, IL
Pekin, IL
Sterling, IL
Fayetteville, IL
Huntley, IL
Cambridge, IL
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Regional hatcheries that carry it (2)
Polk, OH
Mt Gilead, OH
Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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