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Chicken: Vorwerkhühner

Genetic Resource:
Vorwerkhühner
Type of genetic:
Breed
Status:
native

Colour (status)

  • Vorwerkhühner (original)

Associations or initiatives

Monitoring

Year Number of female breeding animals Number of male breeding animals Number of breeders
2000 1841 373 -
2005 3880 768 -
2008 3867 797 -
2009 3635 805 -
2013 3141 718 -
2016 3606 802 508

Cryo reserves

Genebank Material type Number of samples* Number of male donors Number of female donors
Deutsche Genbank landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere Semen 623 12 0

Payments

Description

Egg shell colour:
yellow
Weight of female animals in kg:
bis 2,5 kg
Weight of male animals in kg:
bis 3 kg
Yearly laying performance in number of eggs:
bis 180 Eier / Jahr
Egg weight in g:
bis 60 g