Czech chicken
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| Origin: | Old culture breed from the Czech Republic | |
| Year: | 1205 | |
| Colour: | gold speckled, partridge colored; later golden, silver, speckled silver, black and black and white | |
| Weight: | Rooster 2.3 to 2.8 kg, hen 2.0 to 2.5 kg | |
| Laying output per year: | 150-190 eggs | |
| Eggshell color: | cream colored | |
| Egg weight: | 55 g | |
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The Czech chicken is a domestic chicken breed that has been bred in the Czech Republic for a long time . The first mention goes back to the year 1205, when the Bohemian princess Dagmar of Bohemia , wife of the Danish king Waldemar II , brought a flock of Bohemian chickens to her new home as a trousseau. The breed provides the owner with both eggs and meat.
Dwarf form
The Czech chicken also exists as a dwarf form with the same color variations as the normal form. The rooster weighs 0.9–1.2 kg and the hen 0.7–1 kg. The laying capacity is 100–120 eggs per year. The eggs weigh 40 grams and are creamy-yellow to light brown in color.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Czech chickens . Retrieved December 19, 2013.
Web links
Commons : Czech Chicken - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
