Dresdner (chicken)
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| Origin: | Dresden | ||
| Year: | 1955 | ||
| Colour: | originally golden brown, meanwhile several colors: brown (golden brown), black, white, brown-blue-drawn and rust-partridge-colored, sparred | ||
| Weight: | Rooster 2.75–3.0 kg / hen 2–2.2 kg | ||
| Laying output per year: | 180 eggs | ||
| Eggshell color: | Light brown (often with dark speckles) | ||
| Egg weight: | at least 55 g | ||
| Breeding standards: | BDRG | ||
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Dresdner are a domestic chicken breed that was bred from existing breeds by Alfred Zumpe purely for performance aspects. The development and breeding of this breed took place in 1955 in the region around Dresden . In the course of time, however, the pure performance aspect of this breed has partly changed into a beauty aspect, which proves its regular relatively large presence at pedigree poultry shows. They are considered to be a dual-purpose breed ( Zwiehuhn ), which utilize their feed particularly well.
The willingness to lay falls only slightly during the winter months. In general, this breed is particularly well adapted to cold weather, as a rose comb is not as prone to frostbite as a single comb. In rare cases, such as the Dresden performance test, hens lay well over 220 eggs. They are therefore particularly attractive for private owners. Furthermore, they have white meat, which is not fibrous, which covers the second characteristic of a bivalve, namely the meat product.
In terms of type, they are relatively broad with a medium-high stance. The body should be as straight as possible and the back should rise in a slight curve towards the saddle, but without showing an angle in the tail transition. A broad set of rose combs adorns the head. By nature they are extremely trusting towards humans, whereas roosters often want to defend their territory to a great extent. Therefore, minor ranking battles, which usually end bloodlessly, cannot be avoided. This behavior can also be observed in the hens, which also tend to feed envy, a characteristic of a good egg layer.
In addition to the black, white and rust partridge colors, the Dresden chicken was originally bred in a golden brown color. This is mainly due to the crossbreeding of the New Hampshire breed . However, the color of the Dresdner was renamed to brown, because the crossing of the New Hampshire resulted in an excessive assimilation of the two races. In addition, a closer look at the two colors shows clear differences. The color “golden brown” has a so-called “triad”, i. H. the neck plumage, the saddle plumage and the coat plumage should have three different colors. In the case of the Dresdeners and thus the color “brown”, the neck color must largely correspond to the saddle color. Other drawing features are considered exclusion errors and would lead to the significant downgrading of the animal in the evaluation at exhibitions.
With the Zwerg-Dresdner there is also a breed of bantam, which is looked after by the same special association. The dwarf Dresdeners, numerically more common than the large breed, come in the colors brown, black, white, sparrowed and rust-partridge-colored and brown-blue drawn.