Welsumer-Hühner + Zwerg-Welsumer im Portrait bei HAPPY HUHN Folge 367 - Farbschläge, Zucht, Haltung

The Welsumer chickens from Holland are a prime example of a chicken breed where the dwarf form is now many times more popular and widespread than the larger breed. For this reason, I will focus more than usual on the so-called "Dwarf Welsumer" in this profile. Welsumer chickens emerged at the beginning of the 20th century through the successful cooperation of several Dutch chicken breeders, most of whom came from the two towns of Epe and Olst-Wijhe. Welsum is a district of Olst-Wijhe, and this is how the breed name came about. The breeding goal was a calm, high-performance brown-laying chicken for free-range farming on farms. Therefore, they deliberately stuck to relatively natural colors, which provide good camouflage in the run. This proved to be more than successful, as today Welsumer chickens are a world-famous chicken breed and have many fans, for example, in the USA. My chickens on INSTAGRAM:   / happy.huhn   #welsumerchicken #dwarfwelsumer #welsumerchickens #welsummerchicken #welsummerbantams #dwarfhen #dwarfchickens #chickenbreeding #chickenbreeds #chickensinthebackyard #chickensaspets #chickenkeeping #chickenbreeding #pedigreepoultry #pedigreepoultrybreeding #happychicken #happychickengarden #selfsufficiency #selfsufficient #agriculture #farmanimals