I gathered some information about the Altsteirer breed. I m located in Germany - next to Austria, Styria (=Steiermark = Altsteirer) :-)
The Altsteirer chicken breed may also be called Styrian chicken. It is a large fowl that originate in the state Styria within Austria, Europe.
The breed...
I m from Germany and did some research about the Vorwerk chicken breed:
The Vorwerk chicken from Hamburg, Germany have nothing to do with the german company (located in Wuppertal) vorwerk that produces vacuum cleaner.
In June 1901 the rich Hamburger merchant Oscar Vorwerk proudly showed off his...
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In my new YouTube-video (linked below) I explain 10 methods on how to identify male and female chicken chicks. Some are only good hints – some are 99% proof. Its really nice to know early whether or not your chick is a rooster...
Yes! I personally find it hard to tell what (or if ?) crow is annoying for itself.
The hen is for sure very special. She allways had to clap her wings when she crowed. It was a time when the rooster passed to another breeder (very rare breed) and the young roosters where still to small to know...
Visiting many exhibitions and breeders I figuerd out that most chicken breeds have their breed-distinctiv crow sound. This could be an argument if you choose a certain breed - for you and your neighbors. Some crows sound nice, gentle and deep. Other crows sound (maybe?) a bit annoying. My...
Yes. The Long, curved, sparkling and pointed sattle feathers are a VERY strong indicator for being a rooster. Hens do not have this kind of feathers.
Sorry for the no-comb. I had some without the last years, too. I assume someone tried to cross with polish (called Paduaner in Europe) for bigger...
In Germany the Amrocks are very popular. Thay are calm, vital and perfect dual-purpose chickens. They rank under the TOP 10 most frequently raised largefowl in Backyard breeders. They came after WW2 to us and the german did a Little bit of work into them. They were accepted in Germany in 1957...
In Germany the Amrock were accepted in 1957. Orinally they split from the Plymouth rocks. When they came to Germany after WW2 the german breeder did a bit of work into them and now they rank under the TOP 10 most raised chicken breeds largefowl in Germany. They seem to be perfect birds for dual...
Hi Alexis,
yes. Germany is sometimes cold and wet, too. And my Crevecoeur go out with every weather, even rain and snow. I and they had no Problems with that the last 4 years.
I would really recommend to carefully take away the small feathers from the eyes. The fist ones very short and then...
A lot of Points in a short time:
--> the german poultry association is the "BDRG = Bund deutscher Rassegeflügelzüchter" https://www.bdrg.de/
the Website is not so brilliant and there are no Standards to look at. But I m a member of the club for rare and crested breeds in Germany. There we are...
Hello there. Info from Europe: The European / german Standard does NOT call for any kind of earlobes Color. "We" determined that for the earlobes the Color is frivolous because it is hidden and not seen anyway.
If your Polish correspond to the german "Paduaner" then they are quite close to the...
Hello! I m a breeder of the Crèvecoeur from Europe, Germany. I just come up with my YouTube Channel where I presend topics for breeding and keeping chicken. Today I released my first english Video. You can see every color breed of mine in pictures and videos. If you like me to make more of it in...
Hello! I m a breeder of the Crèvecoeur from Europe, Germany. I just come up with my YouTube Channel where I presend Topics for breeding and keeping chicken. Today I released my first englich Video. You can see every Color breed of mine in Pictures and Videos. If you like me to make more of it...