The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Altsteirers          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Breeds Author Message stephen Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 4858 Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden. Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:26 pm    Post subject: Altsteirers Altsteirers Back to top Drachenreiter Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 16 Location: Bavaria Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:37 am    Post subject: The white type of the Altsteirer / Styrian breed The Altsteirer, coming from Austria - Steiermark, are a old breed. After a long time as a good layer and fine white meat for eating, the breed nearly died out. Only 1 original cockerel in Austria and two in Germany were found and built a new population starting 20 years ago. Further Information: - eggs are ivory - white coloured with a weight from around min. 55 gr. - about 180 egg the first, 150 eggs the second year - weight cockerel 2-3kg, hen 1,75 -2,5kg - they are good foragers, if the runout is open and really big A day old chicken young chickens with her broody young chickens a young hen the cockerel more chickens outside Back to top Drachenreiter Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 16 Location: Bavaria Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:41 am    Post subject: the wildbrown type A day old chicken, wildbrown type two young chickens after the come out of the egg the young chickens with her broody chickens with 3-4 weeks the adult chickens [/quote] Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Breeds All times are GMT + 1 Hour Page 1 of 1 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group