Polbar
FAO 2007: critical-maintained[1]: 92 | |
| Country of origin | Poland |
|---|---|
| Use | conservation only |
| Classification | |
The Polbar is a
crossed the native Polish Green-legged Partridge breed with American Plymouth Rock birds. The aim was to introduce the barred gene of the Plymouth Rock to make chicks auto-sexing – female chicks can be distinguished from males at one day old by the longer black eye-stripe.[2][3]
There is one Polbar flock in Poland, at the Laura Kaufman Research Station of the University of Life Sciences of Lublin, in the eastern part of the country. It is kept for conservation only. At the end of 2014 there were 1100 birds.[2]
References
- ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed January 2016.
- ^ a b Breed data sheet: Polbar/Poland. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2016.
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