Niederrheiner

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Niederrheiner
meat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    • Standard: 3.5-4 kg[1]
    • Bantam: 1200 g[4]
  • Female:
    • Standard: 2.5-3 kg[1]
    • Bantam: 1000 g[4]
Skin colorwhite
Egg colorbrown
Comb typesingle
Classification
APAno[5]
EEyes[6]
PCGBno[7]
  • Gallus gallus domesticus

    • The Niederrheiner is a German

    endangered breed.[1]

    A bantam version, the Zwerg-Niederrheiner, was developed from the standard-sized breed.

    History

    The Niederrheiner was bred in the

    crossed them with various other breeds, both heavy and light, to create the Niederrheiner. It received official recognition in 1943.[1][8]

    A breed census in 1997 found 1482 birds in the hands of 138 breeders. In 2001 the Niederrheiner was listed in category III, gefährdet ("endangered") on the

    FAO as "not at risk";[2]: 52  in 2022 it was reported to DAD-IS as "at risk". In 2021 the breeding population was reported to be 1660, consisting of 308 cock birds and 1352 hens.[3]

    A bantam version, the Zwerg-Niederrheiner, was developed from the standard-sized breed.[4] It was later used in the development of a bantam North Holland Blue.[9]: 10 

    Characteristics

    The Niederrheiner is closely similar to the North Holland Blue from which it derives, the principal difference being the absence of feathering on the legs.[9]: 10 

    Five

    Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture: crele, silver, lemon cuckoo, blue cuckoo and birchen.[6] The bantam is recognised in eight varieties.[6]

    The birds are docile and have little tendency to fly; hens are not good sitters.[1] Ring size is 22 mm for cock birds, 20 mm for hens; for bantams, ring sizes are 15 mm and 13 mm respectively.[10][11]

    Use

    The Niederrheiner was bred as a

    meat chicken. It is fast-growing, and has fine white flesh and white skin.[1] Standard-size hens lay approximately 200 cream or light brown eggs per year, with an average weight of about 55 g;[8] bantam hens lay about 180 per year, averaging about 40 g in weight.[4]

    • A blue cuckoo Niederrheiner hen
      A blue cuckoo Niederrheiner hen
    • A birchen Niederrheiner bantam rooster and a pair of hens
      A birchen Niederrheiner bantam rooster and a pair of hens
    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Niederrheiner.
    1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Niederrheiner (in German). Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen. Archived 17 April 2001.
    2. ^
      ISBN 9789251057629
      . Archived 23 June 2020.
    3. ^ a b Breed data sheet: Niederrheiner / Germany (Chicken). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2022.
    4. ^ a b c d Rassetafeln: Zwerghühner (in German). Reichenbach, Haselbachtal: Bund Deutscher Rassegeflügelzüchter. Accessed February 2022.
    5. ^ APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
    6. ^ a b c Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
    7. ^ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
    8. ^ a b c Rassetafeln: Hühner (in German). Reichenbach, Haselbachtal: Bund Deutscher Rassegeflügelzüchter. Accessed February 2022.
    9. ^ a b Elly Vogelaar (April 2013). North Holland Blue. Aviculture Europe. 9 (2), article 6. Accessed February 2022.
    10. ^ Rassename: Niederrheiner. Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Accessed February 2022.
    11. ^ Rassename: Zwerg-Niederrheiner. Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Accessed February 2022.

    Further reading

    * Walter Schwarz and Armin Six (2004). Der große Geflügelstandard in Farbe. Band 1: Hühner, Truthühner, Perlhühner (seventh edition, in German). Reutlingen: Oertel + Spörer.
    ISBN 9783886275113
    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Niederrheiner&oldid=1073036264"