Chicken Breed Focus - Olandsk Dwarfs

[BDutch]

When mine was just born, she was very much a little chipmunk.

Not sure of the specs bit I do agree, your birds look very much like these. Super pretty!! That big rooster is just gorgeous!!

I know that there where only little of the Tournaisis left to breed with, same as with the Olandsk Dwarf. To breed a healthy community they added other genes. Like OEG and other similar chickens. Maybe they did the same to get a healthy community of Olandsk Dwarfs too? This also would explain the similarity of the two breeds.

 

[N F C]

I have another rare breed: Naine de Tournaisis. These Tournaisis look like as they are about the same breed as the Olandsk Dwarf . Even the eggs look the same. Only the chick above looks different from when mine where chicks.
Olansk dwarf pics gathered by google:
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A picture of my Tournaisis:
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The colours change over the years. The weigh about 700 grams. And the eggs are about 35 gr.
Anyone know what the specs of the Olandsk Dwarfs are?

Beautiful birds @BDutch!

 

[HollyOakFarm]

I have a small breeding flock of Olandsk Dwarfs. I started with shipped eggs from an awesome breeder in Massachusetts and added some hens/eggs from a breeder on the Oregon Coast and CA. Trying to keep genes diverse.

I have had chickens for decades but was unaware of this breed until I started looking for Swedish heritage breeds. They are sweet, hardy, fast little guys. I haven't had a single aggressive one yet, and I currently have around a dozen roos with around 15 hens. ( Excuse the black pullet in above pic, she's a Svart Hona, another Swedish breed).

If you hatch your own eggs, keep in mind, these guys usually hatch around day 19 or 20 (a day or two before other breeds), and I've had the most success using a dry hatch method for them.

The hens lay an average amount of small cream colored eggs and will occasionally go broody.

The roos aren't especially loud or quiet.

I included a pic of a full grown (still young) Swedish Flower (splash color) Roo next to a Olandsk Dwarf Roo of the same age for size comparison. The Swedish Flowers Roo in the photo is on the smaller side. The Olandsk hens can be tiiiiiiny.

I don't ship eggs (I'm not NPIP), and I'm working on keeping a closed flock. Message me if you'd like contact info for a couple of breeders I like that ship eggs. (I sometimes have nice roosters available).

Love these guys!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Are these guys cold hardy?

 

[HollyOakFarm]

Are these guys cold hardy?

Yes. They evolved in Sweden and are great in the cold. They also do fine in the heat.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Hmm. Might look into these a bit more then. They're not larger than sebrights, right? Or are theu roughly the same size?

 

[HollyOakFarm]

Hmm. Might look into these a bit more then. They're not larger than sebrights, right? Or are theu roughly the same size?

They are a little smaller than Sebrights. They average around 10-16 oz

 

[JacinLarkwell]

They are a little smaller than Sebrights. They average around 10-16 oz

Awesome. I might look into some eggs then next spring

 

[N F C]

I have a small breeding flock of Olandsk Dwarfs. I started with shipped eggs from an awesome breeder in Massachusetts and added some hens/eggs from a breeder on the Oregon Coast and CA. Trying to keep genes diverse.

View attachment 2826910View attachment 2826913I have had chickens for decades but was unaware of this breed until I started looking for Swedish heritage breeds. They are sweet, hardy, fast little guys. I haven't had a single aggressive one yet, and I currently have around a dozen roos with around 15 hens. ( Excuse the black pullet in above pic, she's a Svart Hona, another Swedish breed).

If you hatch your own eggs, keep in mind, these guys usually hatch around day 19 or 20 (a day or two before other breeds), and I've had the most success using a dry hatch method for them.

The hens lay an average amount of small cream colored eggs and will occasionally go broody.

The roos aren't especially loud or quiet.

I included a pic of a full grown (still young) Swedish Flower (splash color) Roo next to a Olandsk Dwarf Roo of the same age for size comparison. The Swedish Flowers Roo in the photo is on the smaller side. The Olandsk hens can be tiiiiiiny.

I don't ship eggs (I'm not NPIP), and I'm working on keeping a closed flock. Message me if you'd like contact info for a couple of breeders I like that ship eggs. (I sometimes have nice roosters available).

Love these guys!


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Beautiful birds!

 

[HollyOakFarm]

Beautiful birds!

Thank you!