Dwarf Orpington
A dwarf Orpington ( Orpington Bantams) is a breed of chicken .
Breed history
For the first time, animals of the white and black color were presented in 1912 by Emil Kühn, Leipzig-Stötteritz in Leipzig. He had bred them from around 1905 using black dwarf cochin , single-combed bantam (Java) and dwarf langschan. In 1920 yellow animals were shown for the first time. Around the same time, work was being carried out on dwarfing in the home country of the large breed, England, so that the origin of the breed can be traced back to both countries. The breed was continuously built up, but almost destroyed by the Second World War. After this, bantam breeding in general, as well as dwarf Orpington breeding in particular, experienced a real boom both in the FRG and in the GDR. In the meantime, 11 colors of the small “dice” are recognized in Germany.
Colors
yellow, black, white, blue-lined, red, striped, yellow-black columbia, birch-colored, black-white-spotted, brown-porcelain-colored, yellow-black lined, chocolate brown
Further colors in Europe
pearl gray-blue-black checkered (DK, CH), partridge-colored banded (CH, I), silver-black lined (I), white-black columbia (GB, I, SK, CZ, DK), pearl gray (GB)
properties
- Weight: rooster: 1500 g, hen 1300 g
- Minimum weight for hatching eggs: 40 g
- Shell color of the eggs: light brown
- Ring sizes: Rooster 15, Hen 13