Orloff chicken
Conservation status | critical |
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Skin color | yellow |
Egg color | light brown |
Comb type | walnut |
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PCGB | rare soft feather: heavy[1] |
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The Orloff is a breed of chicken named after Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, a Russian Count. Reflecting this origin, it is sometimes called the Russian Orloff or simply Russian.
For most of its history, the Orloff was considered to be a product of Russia and Orlov, but modern research has discovered that the breed first appeared in
It was not until 1884 that the first Orloff chickens were imported to Central Europe from the Russian Empire. In some sources they are also called "Orloff fighters" (lat. Gallus dom. pugnax, barbatus). A reddish-brown cock and five hens of the same color reached the
Orloffs were first introduced to Great Britain in the 1920s, and were also refined a good deal in Germany; Germans created the first miniaturized
The Orloff is a tall, well-feathered chicken with a somewhat
See also
- Orlov Trotter, a horse breed named after the same Russian family
Footnotes
- ^ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
- ^ (Percy 2006, p. 17)
- ^ a b c (Graham 2006, p. 166)
- ^ a b (Ekarius 2007, p. 142)
- ^ Russian Orloff, The Livestock Conservancy
References
- Ekarius, Carol (2007). Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds. North Adams, MA, US: Storey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-58017-667-5.
- Graham, Chris (2006). Choosing and Keeping Chickens. London, UK: Octopus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7938-0601-0.
- Percy, Pam (2006). The Field Guide to Chickens. St Paul, MN, US: Voyageur Press. ISBN 0-7603-2473-5.
External links
- Orloffs at feathersite
- Orloff Club USA