Castle Farm
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These are a large breed.The cocks weigh in around 10lb + at maturity and the hens around 7lb+.
They take a good 12 months to get to the weight, but are active layers at around 24-26 weeks.
This breed takes the record for egg laying and at one time were a very worthwhile breed kept on poultry farms as a laying flock before the 'invention' of the hybrid layer.
Luckily they have not been bred as hard into feather as their relations the Orpington and still remain on the whole very good layers.
Very easy going breed, calm and friendly and a sitting breed. If any thing they tend to go broody to often, but without out breeding to a non sitter this trait is firmly set in the make-up of the breed.
Chicks are hatched showing white down as well as black, but this reverts to black apon feathering.
Black legs with white souls and toe nails denotes a pure breed.
They take a good 12 months to get to the weight, but are active layers at around 24-26 weeks.
This breed takes the record for egg laying and at one time were a very worthwhile breed kept on poultry farms as a laying flock before the 'invention' of the hybrid layer.
Luckily they have not been bred as hard into feather as their relations the Orpington and still remain on the whole very good layers.
Very easy going breed, calm and friendly and a sitting breed. If any thing they tend to go broody to often, but without out breeding to a non sitter this trait is firmly set in the make-up of the breed.
Chicks are hatched showing white down as well as black, but this reverts to black apon feathering.
Black legs with white souls and toe nails denotes a pure breed.
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