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Welsumer The Welsumer is a Dutch breed, named after the
small town of Welsum where it first originated as a landrace of chickens
that had long been selected for the The Welsumer is a dual-purpose chicken, suitable
for the production of both eggs and meat. Roosters weigh up to 3.5kg.
They are hardy and active and good foragers on free range. Hens can lay up
to 160 eggs in their first year, and don't usually go broody. |
production of large, very dark brown
eggs. Nobody really cared much what these birds looked like, as long
as they laid those wonderful eggs; and they were very variable in
appearance, until at the beginning of the 20th century a Dutch poultry
breeder took an interest in them and decided to refine them into a standardized
breed. In 1919 the standard for the new "Welsumer" breed
was officially recognized in the Netherlands, and the breed was
introduced
to an international audience for the first time at the 1921 World Poultry
Congress in Den Haag.
The Welsumer's trademark is of course the lovely
dark brown egg, but they are also very attractive in appearance and a
colourful addition to any flock. © 2004 Quennell Lake Poultry