Welsummer: Sourced Hatchery Egg and Weight Records
Sourced Welsummer hatchery records for dark brown eggs, 200 to 280 eggs per year, 6 lb hens, 7 lb roosters, single comb, and 20 week maturity.
Egg production estimates by source
Each egg is 20 eggs/year. Solid = published minimum; outline = rest of the range. Scale goes to 320.
Mature weights by source
Quick facts
| Attribute | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Eggs Per Year | 200–280 eggs/year |
|
| 156–260 eggs/year |
| |
| Egg Color | dark brown |
|
| Hen Weight Lb | 6 lb |
|
| Rooster Weight Lb | 7 lb |
|
| Maturity Weeks | 20 weeks |
|
| Comb Type | single |
|
| Apa Class | Continental |
|
| Breed Type | heritage |
|
| Temperament | active |
|
| Climate Tolerance | both |
|
Overview
McMurray Hatchery's Class field records Continental. Cackle Hatchery's Welsummers Poultry Show Class field records Continental Class. Meyer Hatchery's Welsummer APA Class field records Continental. McMurray Hatchery's Heritage Breed field records yes. Meyer Hatchery's Welsummer description paragraph records the breed as a rare breed of chicken with Dutch origins. Cackle Hatchery's Welsummers product Country of Origin field records Holland. Together those hatchery records support the displayed APA-class, breed-type, and country-of-origin fields at seller scope.
Egg records
Cackle Hatchery's Welsummers breed-facts list Egg Production as 200-280 eggs per year. Meyer Hatchery's Welsummer Weekly Production field records 3-5 eggs, stored on this page as the annual equivalent 156-260 eggs per year. The page stores 200-280 as the canonical annual egg range. McMurray Hatchery's Welsummer spec table records Egg Color as dark brown. Cackle Hatchery's Welsummers Egg Shell Color field records Dark Brown Egg. Meyer Hatchery's Welsummer Egg Color field records Dark Brown. The page stores dark brown as the canonical egg-color label.
The retained evidence supports the displayed egg records at seller scope. It does not establish a seasonal laying pattern or a comparative egg-yield ranking against other breeds, so this profile makes none of those claims beyond what the categorical records assert.
Mature weight and laying maturity
Cackle Hatchery's Welsummers Weights field records Hen 6 lbs and Rooster 7 lb. Meyer Hatchery's Welsummer Bird Size field records Hens 6 lbs; Roosters 7 lbs. The page stores those overlapping numeric values and renders them in the chart and quick-facts table. The retained facts support only the listed sex-specific weights. They do not establish a body-size category, feed use, space requirement, growth rate, or carcass value; those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the numeric values.
McMurray Hatchery's Welsummer Weeks to Maturity field records 20. The page stores that typed numeric value. The retained fact is a hatchery-listed laying-onset estimate rather than a promise that every hen begins laying within that window. The page does not convert the source's figure into a month estimate or infer a growth rate from it.
Other sourced fields
Cackle Hatchery's Welsummers Temperament field records Active. Hoover's Hatchery's Welsummer production line lists Temperament as Docile, Active, Friendly, Vocal. The page stores active as the canonical temperament label. The retained evidence does not establish a per-bird personality scale, a handling-instruction set, or a flock-management recommendation, so those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the temperament words.
McMurray Hatchery's Welsummer Comb Type field records single. Cackle Hatchery's Welsummers breed prose describes the breed as having a farm-flock look with an upright body, broad back, full breast, full tail, and single comb. Meyer Hatchery's Welsummer Comb Type field records Single. The page stores single as the canonical comb-type label. The retained evidence does not establish a comb-size category or a winter-hardiness conclusion from the comb description; those subjects are deliberately absent.
McMurray Hatchery's Welsummer page opening paragraph records that the breed is cold hardy, heat-tolerant. Cackle Hatchery's Heritage Breed Spotlight records Welsummers as an all-climate breed that adapts well to both cold and warm conditions. Hoover's Hatchery records Hardiness as Cold and Heat Hardy. The page stores both as the canonical climate-tolerance label. The retained evidence does not establish a coop-design recommendation or a ventilation specification; those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the climate words.
Related published pages
Flock size calculator
Enter your household size and target egg output. The calculator returns the flock size and space you'll need based on the productivity tier you pick.
Hens needed: 2
(4 × 2 eggs/week / 5 eggs/hen/week, rounded up)
Coop space: 4 sq ft (2 sq ft/hen × 2 hens)
Run space: 20 sq ft (10 sq ft/hen × 2 hens)
These are minimums. Most backyard keepers give 1.5–2× this much space, especially for run area, to allow range rotation and reduce feather-picking behavior.
Where these numbers come from
- Low tier 3 eggs/hen/week — Egg Production: 150 – 280 eggs per year www.cacklehatchery.com
- Medium tier 5 eggs/hen/week — Egg Production: 200-280 eggs per year www.cacklehatchery.com
- High tier 6 eggs/hen/week — Cackle lists White Leghorns as producing large to extra-large white eggs, with an estimated 280–320 eggs per year. www.cacklehatchery.com
- Coop 2 sq ft + run 10 sq ft per large chicken (minimum) — A small bantam chicken needs a minimum of 1 square foot of indoor space and 4 square feet of outdoor space, while a large chicken needs a minimum of 2 square feet of indoor space and 10 square feet of outdoor space. extension.msstate.edu
Frequently asked questions
What country do the retained Welsummer sources list as the breed origin?
Cackle Hatchery's Welsummer product Country of Origin field records Holland. McMurray Hatchery's Welsummer page opening paragraph records that the breed originated in Holland. The page stores Continental as the APA class tied to that Dutch origin.
What annual egg estimate do the retained Welsummer sources give?
Cackle Hatchery's Welsummers breed-facts list records Egg Production as 200-280 eggs per year. Meyer Hatchery's Welsummer Weekly Production field records 3-5 eggs, stored as the annual equivalent 156-260 eggs per year.
What egg color do the retained Welsummer records list?
McMurray Hatchery's Welsummer spec table records Egg Color as dark brown. Cackle Hatchery's Welsummers Egg Shell Color field records Dark Brown Egg. Meyer Hatchery's Welsummer Egg Color field records Dark Brown. The page stores dark brown as the canonical egg-color label.
What mature weights do the retained Welsummer records list?
Cackle Hatchery's Welsummers Weights field records Hen 6 lbs and Rooster 7 lb. Meyer Hatchery's Welsummer Bird Size field records Hens 6 lbs; Roosters 7 lbs. The page stores those overlapping numeric values and renders them in the chart and quick-facts table.
What temperament, climate tolerance, and comb type do the retained Welsummer records list?
Cackle Hatchery's Welsummers Temperament field records Active. Hoover's Hatchery's Welsummer production line lists Temperament as Docile, Active, Friendly, Vocal. McMurray Hatchery's Welsummer opening paragraph records cold hardy, heat-tolerant. Cackle Hatchery's Heritage Breed Spotlight records Welsummers as an all-climate breed that adapts well to both cold and warm conditions. Hoover's Hatchery records Hardiness as Cold and Heat Hardy. McMurray Hatchery's Welsummer Comb Type field records single. Cackle Hatchery lists Temperament as Active. Meyer Hatchery's Welsummer Comb Type field records Single. The page stores active and single as the canonical labels and both as the climate label.
What APA class, breed type, and laying maturity do the retained Welsummer sources list?
McMurray Hatchery's Welsummer Class field records Continental and its Heritage Breed field records yes. Cackle Hatchery's Welsummers Poultry Show Class field records Continental Class. Meyer Hatchery's Welsummer APA Class field records Continental. Meyer Hatchery's Welsummer description paragraph records the breed as a rare breed of chicken with Dutch origins. McMurray Hatchery's Welsummer Weeks to Maturity field records 20. The page stores Continental, heritage, and 20 weeks as the canonical labels.