Vorwerk owners check this out. Pic.

[mrandmrschicken]

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No, she did not. I bought her from a breeder at a show in MN. She is a bantam. She is very pretty and very funny. She will now come up to me begging for a treat. Her color is best described as buckskin and black I think. She should be laying if she was an April hatch but, has not yet. My other April hatches are laying every other day. She also hops every once in a while, when she walks. She has a band on her leg. Either that is causing it or, it could be too much inbreeding? She is a nice girl.

 

[mikarod]

Gorgeous pullet. When I first came on...I thought Golden Lakenvelder...but...I guess it's something different?

Just a quick note...production Leghorns begin laying around 16 weeks of age. Too early in my opinion...but...if ya want eggs in the masses...that's when they start.

 

[Lund Poultry]

Vorwerks are in te ABA standard.... Only bantams. No large fowl in the US. Vorwerks are very rare! You have a VERY nice pullet! I have been breeding vorwerks for about 5 years and she would be top show quality! Vorwerks DO NOT have rhode island red or hamburg type.... Your female is exactly what you want!! Take a look at my website to see more photos!
If I were you, I would breed her! ..she's great!

thanks for posting

 

[ejb3810]

The Vorwerk chickens that exist in the U.S. are a bantam only breed and were recognized by the ABA in 1985. They are the product of a breeding project over many years by Wilmar Vorwerk of New Ulm, Mn. They are not the same bird as a Golden Lakenvelder. One of the many breeds used by Mr. Vorwerk to develop this breed was the bantam Lakenvelder (not golden I don't think).
Although they are somewhat similar to Lakenvelders ( the real Lakenvelder, not golden) they have, in my experience a markedly different personality. I own and breed both the Vorwerk and bantam Lakenvelder. It appears to be a rather simple and straight forward color pattern to work with, but in fact it is a challenge to produce birds of excellent color and type.
In my situation both breeds are good layers of relatively large eggs, but I am quite sure that may differ from strain to strain.
In Europe there is a breed of large fowl that is named Vorwerk. They do not exist in the U.S. or Canada I don't think. It is from seeing pictures of the German Vorwerk chickens that caused Wilmar Vorwerk to develop the bantam breed that we now have in this country.