Bergischer Schlotterkamm

Bergischer Schlotterkamm
origin	Bergisches Land
year	unknown
colour	black - and- white- doubled , black-and-yellow- doubled , black, jerked
Weight	Cock 2.0 to 2.75 kg Hen 1.75 to 2.25 kg
Laying output per year	150 eggs
Eggshell color	White
Egg weight	55 g
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Historical illustration with a cuckold hen and a black rooster (Jean Bungartz, 1885)

Rooster

hen

The Bergisch Schlotterkamm is an old Bergisch domestic chicken breed .

origin

The Bergisch Schlotterkamm has been described since the 19th century. Although a kinship with Spanish races was assumed in the older literature due to the physique and the large crests, molecular genetic research has not been able to prove this. However, it was found that the breed has a very close relatives, namely, originally from the same area Krüper . Ultimately, several local land races were grouped under the name Schlotterkamm:

The black ridge

The best known was the black variant, which was considered typical Bergisch. It was particularly known for its excellent laying performance.

The holthouses chicken

The black and silver holthauser hen was also found in Westphalia and the rest of the Rhine province. Since it had a prolonged crow call , it was counted among the Schlotterkämme as well as the Bergische Krähern . The original holthäuser chicken has since become extinct. The specimens in today's time are back- breeds from black Schlotterkämmen, Thuringian Barthühnern and Bergischen crows.

The Bergisch Kukukshuhn

This porked chicken was considered almost extinct as early as the 19th century. It was very similar to the black Schlotterkamm and was also known as " Leyendecker " (slate roofer) in the Bergisch dialect .

properties

The robust and tough country fowl is a good forage forage and hardworking layer. The hen's crest is kinked and is upside down. This is called the Schlotterkamm and gave the breed its name.

The animals need plenty of exercise and, due to the large ridges, frost-free stables and special care in winter. The literature recommends regularly rubbing the large combs and wattles with milking fat or the like in winter to protect against frostbite . The double drawing of two colors is a peculiarity of the mountain chicken breeds.

The breeding instinct of the animals is hardly developed, but they are airworthy and very lively animals that can become very trusting.

The laying performance is average at 150 eggs per year. In the past, the animals were probably selected more for performance, as the Schlotterkamm was described as the most productive laying hen in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century.

Existence and endangerment

The Bergische Schlotterkamm is rare and is considered an endangered livestock breed . The BDRG and the GEH classified the breed in the Red List of Endangered Livestock Breeds in 2013 in the highest hazard class I (extremely endangered). After that there were only 66 roosters and 296 hens in Germany in 2009. By 2013 the number had dropped to 46 roosters and 213 hens.

In 2001, the breed was declared "Endangered Livestock Breed of the Year" by the Society for the Preservation of Old and Endangered Domestic Breeds (GEH) together with the Bavarian Landgans , the Bergischer Kräher and the Krüper .

Dwarf form

The dwarf form only exists in black and white doubled colors . It was bred in Germany . The rooster weighs 900 grams and the hen 800 grams. The laying capacity is 150 eggs per year. These are white and weigh 40 grams.

literature

• Hans-Joachim Schille, Encyclopedia of Chickens , Komet-Verlag, ISBN 3-89836-447-X
• Katrin Juliane Schiffer / Carola Hotze: Keeping chickens - species-appropriate and natural ; Franckh-Kosmos Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN 978-3-440-10835-2
• Uwe Ruhl: Extremely rare: Bergische Schlotterkämme. In: Poultry Exchange 08/2015. Pp. 4-5.

Web links

Commons : Bergischer Schlotterkamm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Breed boards chickens. (PDF file) In: bdrg.de/rassetafeln. Bund Deutscher Rassegeflügelzüchter , p. 14 , accessed on July 31, 2014 (6 MB). 
• Breed tables of bantams. (PDF file) In: bdrg.de/rassetafeln. Bund Deutscher Rassegeflügelzüchter , p. 15 , accessed on July 31, 2014 (6.8 MB). 
• Breed description of the society for the preservation of old and endangered domestic animal breeds
• Website of the special association with breed description

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Internet Services for Breeders ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Armin Six: Bergische Kräher, Hühnerrasse mit Past, p. 4, on www.geh-.de (pdf) , accessed on May 25, 2019
3. ↑ Bruno Dürigen, The poultry breeding according to its current rational standpoint, Berlin 1885, Parey Verlag
4. ↑ The last chickens of their kind. Welt.de - Axel Springer Verlag, March 4, 2007, accessed on December 3, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Katrin Juliane Schiffer / Carola Hotze: Keeping chickens - species-appropriate and natural ; Franckh-Kosmos Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart, 2009, page 90
6. ^ Edward Brown, Races of domestic poultry, Arnold, London 1906, p. 133 , accessed May 25, 2019
7. ↑ Red list of domestic livestock breeds in Germany 2013 ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ Detailed view of inventory data Bergische Schlotterkämme. In: Central Documentation of Animal Genetic Resources in Germany. Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food, accessed on October 21, 2014 .