East Frisian seagull
| East Frisian seagull | |||||
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| Origin: | German northwest coast | ||||
| Year: | unknown | ||||
| Colour: | Silver-black flake and gold-black flake | ||||
| Weight: | Rooster 2.25 to 3.0 kg, hen 1.75 to 2.5 kg |
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| Laying output per year: | 180 eggs | ||||
| Eggshell color: | White | ||||
| Egg weight: | 55 g | ||||
| Breeding standards: | BDRG | ||||
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The East Frisian Seagull or East Frisian Seagull is a breed of chicken . It is an old country fowl shape that is plain but not clumsy in shape. The breed is characterized by a medium-high stand with full and tightly fitting fletching. The drawings by Hahn and Henne are fundamentally different. In the hen the flocculation can be seen very well, whereas the cocks do not show this flocculation; only in the neck hang there is a drop formation.
The East Frisian dwarf gull is the recognized large breed of bantam.
The East Frisian seagulls are considered weatherproof and vital. They are also very good forage hunters who only need a small amount of supplementary feed if they have the appropriate exercise area. Their vitality is also reflected in their ability to fly, which is good for chickens. So even fences two meters high are not an obstacle.
The chicks are also very vital and growing happily.
Notation
The spelling Möve or Möwe is controversial. In the current edition of the German Rassegeflügel Standard of the BDRG, East Frisian seagulls are written with a "w". This way of writing is to be regarded as official, at least in Germany. The term seagull should not only be derived from the fact that this breed of chicken has enormous flight ability, the chicks are also very similar to the chicks of the real seagulls.
Others
In East Frisian Low German, the breed is sometimes called 'ostfräiske koeb' or 'ostfräiske möew'.
literature
- Purebred poultry standard for Europe in color . HK-Verlag, Berlin.
Web links
- East Frisian seagull. In: races. 2004, archived from the original on March 7, 2008 ; Retrieved June 3, 2014 .
- Old chicken breeds: the East Frisian seagulls. Conservation breeding ring Ostfriesische Möwen, accessed on March 6, 2014 (information sheet). (PDF; 137 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Weigelt, Holger: Ostfräisk Plat - Düütsk, 2010