Westphalian totter

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Westphalian totter
Westphalian killer chicken
Laying output per year: 180-220
Breeding standards: BDRG
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The Westphalian Totlegerhuhn is an old, very resilient breed of chicken that can be traced back over 400 years. It belongs to the speckled chickens .

properties

Westphalian Totleger (silver)

The Westphalian dead chicken has a high laying capacity of 180 to 220 eggs per year, is weather-resistant and robust and is ideally suited for extensive free-range husbandry. It is grown in silver and gold colors and wears a rose comb .

Surname

“Because of their remarkable laying performance, they were given the name“ everyday layers ”(every day) or“ long-term layers ”in the countryside. Under the influence of the Low German language, the High German term became "Doutleijer". This Low German name became "Totleger". The conclusion that the hens "lay to death" is no longer tenable. "

- Wolf-Dietmar Unterweger : The Chicken Book: Practical instructions for keeping “happy chickens”. Graz 2004.

Duration

A Westphalian totleger in the animal population of the museum village of Cloppenburg

Today there are still around 1000 animals in Germany. The Westphalian Totleger belong to the endangered chicken breeds . In 1994, the Westphalian Totlegerhuhn, along with the Diepholz goose and the Pomeranian duck, were declared "Endangered Livestock Breed of the Year" by the Society for the Preservation of Old and Endangered Domestic Breeds (GEH).

Individual evidence

  1. Wolf-Dietmar Unterweger: Das Hühnerbuch: Practical instructions for keeping "happy chickens". Graz 2004, 2nd edition, p. 125

Web links

Commons : Westfälische Totleger  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files