WELSUMMERS HATCHING EGGS (Free Shipping)

  Type: Standard Chicks Origin: Continental Purpose: Dual Availability: Mid Jan - End of Oct Comb Type: Single Egg Color: Dark Brown Egg Size: Large Rate of Lay: 208/Year Broodiness: Yes Temperament: Not Docile Leg Style: Clean Heat Tolerance: Tolerates Well Cold Tolerance: Hardy Mature Male Weight: 6 lbs Mature Female Weight: 4.5 lbs   Welsummers originated around the turn of the 20th century in Holland by crossing Partridge Cochins, Partridge Wyandottes and Partridge Leghorns. Eventually Barnevelders and Rhode Island Reds were used. Welsummer chicks are dark brown with light red streaks down the back. The head, chest and abdomen are light red. They have a single comb and clean, yellow legs and feet. Adult males have rich golden-brown head, neck and saddle plumage. The back, wing fronts and wing bows is reddish brown. The main tail, sickles and wing coverts are greenish black forming a wing bar when the wing is folded. The breast, body, fluff and thi