Dutch crested chicken

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Dutch crested chicken
Dutch crested chicken
Dutch crested chicken
Origin: Netherlands
Year: Very old breed
Weight: Rooster 2.0 to 2.5 kg
hen 1.5 to 2.0 kg
Laying output per year: 140 eggs
Eggshell color: White
Egg weight: 45 g
Breeding standards: BDRG
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The Dutch hooded chicken (Dutch Hollands kuifhoen ) is a breed of hooded chicken that has been known for centuries . According to the poultry expert Bruno Dürigen , the Dutch animal painter Jan Monckhorst depicted a Dutch crested chicken as early as 1657.

features

Instead of a comb , this breed wears a hood made of feathers. Mostly black chickens with white hoods are bred (white hooded black). Blue-lined white hoods are among the rarities of the breed. The colors white hooded white, white hooded sperm , white hooded black and white checkered and black hooded white are also recognized by the Bund Deutscher Rassegeflügelzucher (BDRG) and the European Association for Poultry and Rabbit Breeding.

With about two kilograms, the Dutch crested chickens are one of the small chicken breeds. The hens lay around 100 to 140 eggs a year. The weight of the eggs is between 35/45 and 50 grams. The roosters look a lot like the hens. Only the tail, bonnet and legs are fuller. This breed is trusting, easy to care for and lively. Despite the hood, they have a pretty good field of vision; however, the hood should be cut once every six months. The animals get on well with other chickens and there are no quarrels among the roosters.

Existence and endangerment

According to TGRDEU (Central Documentation of Animal Genetic Resources in Germany) there were 100 roosters and 445 hens across all colors in 2005. By 2016 the population had dropped to 40 roosters and 166 hens.

Dwarf form

With the dwarf Dutch crested chicken there is also a breed of bantam that is recognized by the BDRG. A dwarf form was already bred in the USA at the end of the 19th century. In Germany, dwarf Dutch crested chickens in black were first presented in 1912. The rooster weighs 900 grams and the hen 800 grams. The laying capacity is around 100 eggs a year. Today the dwarf form is even more widespread than the large breed and has other colors.

See also

literature

  • Uwe Ruhl: Dutch hooded chickens. In: Poultry Exchange 21/2013. Pp. 4-7.
  • Philipp Galley: Dutch hooded chickens. Ancient breed on the red list. In: Geflügelzeitung 4/2011. Pp. 8-11.
  • Norbert Niemeyer: Dwarf Dutch crested chickens. The white hoods in portrait. In: Geflügelzeitung 14/2019. Pp. 7-9.
  • Fritz Schöne: Hooded chickens and their dwarfs , Oertel + Spörer, Reutlingen publishing house, 2011, ISBN 978-3-88627-238-9 .
  • Fritz Schöne, Frank Peschke: Dutch crested chickens and dwarf Dutch crested chickens. In: Praxis der Hühner- und Zwerghuhnzucht, Verlag Peschke, Sebnitz 2004, ISBN 3-9809850-0-8 , pp. 250-253.
  • Frank Peschke, Günter Droste: Seidenhühner und Zwerg-Haubenhühner , 6th, revised edition, Oertel + Spörer, Verlagshaus Reutlingen, 2017, ISBN 978-3-88627-552-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruno Dürigen: Handbook and textbook on racial studies, breeding, care and keeping of domestic, farm and park poultry. Fourth and fifth revised editions. Paul Parey, Berlin 1923–1927, first volume: Arten und Rassen (54th Holländer Weißhauben), p. 209.
  2. ↑ TGRDEU (Central Documentation of Animal Genetic Resources in Germany) , Breed description of chicken: Holländer Haubenhühner> Stock development, Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food, accessed on September 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ Niemeyer 2019, p. 7
  4. ↑ Peschke, Droste 2017, pp. 50–51.
  5. ↑ Schöne, Peschke 2004, p. 250.

Web links

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