Dwarf body
| Dwarf body | |
|---|---|
 White dwarf Krüperhahn, South German special show 2014, ribbon of honor best rooster |
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| origin | originally Bergisches Land / Westphalia
New breed: Siegen |
| year | Confirmed in the 19th century
Recognition of the new breeds 1996/1997 |
| colour | white, silver-necked |
| Weight | Rooster 0.8–1.0 kg, hen 0.75–0.85 kg |
| Laying output per year | 180 |
| Eggshell color | White |
| Egg weight | approx. 40 g |
| List of breeds of chicken | |
The dwarf body is a recognized German breed of bantam in the colors white and silver-necked.
History and breeding
The dwarf body was first mentioned in 1903 as the dwarf badger in a book by W. Freund, Die Geflügel-Zucht , published in Berlin .
“A stroke that is becoming increasingly rare, the diminutive form of the large badger. The little animal stands very close to the ground, has a high comb, short neck and a stocky body. "
Even Bruno Dürigen dedicated in his 1921, also published in Berlin book "Poultry" the dwarf Krüper and reported that they - unlike the one described in the 16th century Great race - were existent since the 19th century.
With the revitalization of the supervising association in 1989, it was programmatically determined that the practically disappeared dwarf bodies are to be re-bred. Rüdiger Wandelt from Siegen has earned credit for their breeding back. The white (1996) and silver-necked (1997) colors were officially included in the breed standard of the BDRG . The white bodies were crossed over the large breed white bodies and white dwarf Rhinelander. The silver-necked dwarf bodies were created when the white ones were bred out as a by-product in connection with the mating of the silver-necked color of an animal of the German bantam breed .
In France and Belgium, the black and black-and-white checkered color is also recognized under the name Courtes-pattes. On January 11, 2017, the chairman of the special association of body and dwarf body breeders from 1904 applied to the responsible Federal Breeding Committee for recognition of these two color varieties for the German standard as well. This approved the recognition procedure in February of that year.
Existence and endangerment
There are (as of 2014) fewer than ten breeds of the two color varieties in total. For this reason, the dwarf body is to be regarded as an extremely endangered domestic animal breed, even though, because of its late recognition, it is not listed on the Red List of the Society for the Conservation of Old and Endangered Domestic Animal Races, unlike the large breed .
Special association
Today's special association of Krüper and dwarf Krüper breeders was founded on January 17th, 1904 in the club of the Düsseldorf poultry breeding club Karlshaus as a Krüper breeders club. In 1913 the model description of the body was included in the standard, initially in a general and a Westphalian model description, which was combined in 1916. The special association looks after the large and bantam races to this day and was revived in 1989 by some breeders who successfully resisted the threat of extinction, including the long-time association chairman Erich Lindsiepe from St. Augustin-Hangelar.
After the special association has always held its main special shows in northwest Germany, and since reunification also in the new federal states, there was a special show in southern Germany for the first time in December 2014 in Swabian Wißgoldingen with the participation of the then chairman Hendrik Wulfhorst and organized by today's chairman Jörg Erich Haselier the four colors of the large breed as well as white dwarf bodies were shown.
Web links
- Homepage of the special association of body and dwarf body breeders with breed standard
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Güntherodt: Body and dwarf body. History of the breeding of an ancient German breed. Beberstedt 2008, p. 58
- ↑ New colors for dwarf Krüpern go into the recognition process , special association page , February 2017