Barbu de Grubbe

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For the other breeds classed together in the United Kingdom and Australia as Belgian bantams, see Belgian bantam (disambiguation). For the endangered true bantam, see Belgian Bantam.

Barbu de Grubbe
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): no data[1]: 9 
  • Moula (2012): in danger[2]: 52 
  • DAD-IS (2023): unknown[3]
Other namesDutch: Grubbe baardkriel[3]
Country of originBelgium
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    700 g[2]: 52 
  • Female:
    600 g[2]: 52 
Comb typerose comb
Classification
PCGBtrue bantam[4]: 75 
  • Gallus gallus domesticus

    • The Barbu de Grubbe,

    bantam chicken. It is a true bantam, and has no full-sized counterpart; males weigh about 700 grams and hens about 600 g. It is a tail-less variant of the Barbu d'Anvers, and is otherwise similar to it in every respect. The same colour varieties are accepted for the Barbu de Grubbe as for the Barbu d'Anvers.[2]
    : 52 

    History

    In about 1904 a tail-less Barbu d'Anvers was born to the breeder Robert Pauwels, creator of the

    First World War. The name Barbu de Grubbe was given to the breed. After the War they were not again seen for several decades.[2]
    : 52 

    In 2012 a total of 170 breeding Barbu de Grubbe birds were counted in Belgium. The breed is rare, and is considered to be 'in danger'; the

    poultry exhibitions in the Netherlands, and has since 2008 been recognised in Germany.[2]: 52 [5] In the United Kingdom it is classed among the true bantams.[4]
    : 75 

    Characteristics

    The Barbu de Grubbe is identical in all respects to the Barbu d'Anvers, except that the tail and

    coccygeal bone are absent.[2]
    : 52 

    Use

    The Barbu de Grubbe is an ornamental breed, kept mainly for

    eggs weighing about 35 g.[2]
    : 52 

    References

    1. ISBN 9789251057629
      . Archived 23 June 2020.
    2. ^ a b c d e f g h N. Moula, M. Jacquet, A. Verelst, N. Antoine-Moussiaux, F. Farnir, P. Leroy (2012). Les races de poules belges (in French). Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire 156: 37-65. Accessed August 2014.
    3. ^ a b Breed data sheet: Grubbe baardkriel / Belgium (Chicken). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed December 2023.
    4. ^
      ISBN 9781405156424
      .
    5. ^ Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.


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