Welsummers or Welsumers
A Welsumer rooster
Photo courtesy of Nick Nick (The Chicken Mother!)
This Dutch breed, called the Welsumer in its native land, takes its name from the small village of Welsum in The Netherlands. Developed just after the turn of the twentieth century, it was first shown in 1921. Its main characteristic is the large dark brown egg, described in an article in Fancy Fowl as "a rich deep flower-pot red brown, almost glowing . . ." (These dark eggs are also found in the Dutch Barnevelders and the French Marans.) Although considered a light, soft feathered, nonsitting breed, the hens frequently do go broody. Welsummers are good foragers on free range.
Black/red is the standardized color of the large form, although bantams also appear in Silver Duckwing.
Breed clubs:
The Welsummer
Club
G H Johnson
Lynbrooke, Sheriffhales,
Shifnal, Shropshire TF11 8QX
England
phone: 01952-460274
The Danish Welsumers Club
Helen Orndorf
Bondesvadvej 169 Rold
DK 8300
Odder, Denmark
tel.: + 45 86 56 02 07
e-mail: bantam@fjerkrae.dk
Welsummer Links:
The Welsummer group at yahoo
Kitaline Farm's Welsummers
Welsummers at T&M Poultry Farm
Our Welsummers -- at The Easy Chicken
Welsummers at Little Redpale Farm
Welsumers at MX-Farms
Welsumers at Devonshire Traditional Breed Centre
There are Welsummers at Royal Oaks Ranch
A nice display of dark Welsummer eggs
Photo courtesy of Banc Penrhos Farm
The head of "Kellogg," a Welsummer rooster
Photo courtesy of Senia Phillips
Two Welsummer hens
Photo courtesy of Frances A.
Bassom
"Keridwen," a 13-week-old pullet
Photo courtesy of Ket
The head of a Welsummer pullet
Photo courtesy of Ket
Two Welsummer males, a Gold Duckwing on the left, and
a Silver Duckwing
Photos courtesy of Banc Penrhos Farm
"Hilda," a pet Welsummer hen
Photo courtesy of Helena Gardner
Welsummer eggs from the UK
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
A picture of what Welsummers should look
like in Denmark
Photo courtesy of Helen Ørndorf and The
Danish National Club (DFFR)
"Lady," another pet Welsummer hen
Photo courtesy of Renate Haeckler
"Cinnamon," yet another Welsummer hen
Photo courtesy of Buddy Henry
Welsummer chicks
Photos courtesy of Lester Stocker (left) and Emily (right)
Another bunch of Welsummer chicks
Photo courtesy of Taryn Koerker
More Welsummer chicks
Photos courtesy of Pam Marshall
A Welsummer bantam with her brood
Photo courtesy of Mandy
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