Chickens are the most common type of poultry. Pantophagy, high fecundity, endurance, high taste of smoked meat is always in price. About 100 chickens can be brought from one chicken per year. They are bred mainly for meat and eggs, but they also use feathers and down.
Chickens are meat and egg breeds. Each breed is distinguished by a certain body structure, temperament, behavioral characteristics. Meat breeds are characterized by a special breast structure, on which a large amount of meat is built up. In our time, the most popular egg and meat breeds are Brama, Gudan and Krecker.
Origin of the Crevker breed
Krevker is an elite breed of curia, known since ancient times. The name was due to its origin. In the 15th century, the founders of the breed, the so-called Norman chickens, appeared in Normandy, in the village of Krev-Ker. In France, were very popular, the Parisian acclimatization society made sure that this breed was kept in its pure form.
In the 1970s of the last century, poultry farmers re-established the breed. Superficially resemble breed Gudan. There is a bezborodny option called - Merlero. By Norman also include such breeds as Polverarar, La Flash.
Description
Color: black chickens are most common, rarely white, blue, speckled. Black plumage has multi-colored shades, shimmers in the sun.
The plumage of chickens is dense, with a lying tufted head, a beard and tanks.
Cock
On the head is a strong, weighty tuft that does not fall on the beak, black. Bright red comb, consisting of two parts - horns. Horns can even be spikes. Eyes are yellowish with shine. Red face hidden by feathers. Small earlobes covered with feathers.
There are earrings, small in size. Possess a beautiful silky beardwhich goes into the tanks, rounded, goes down below the tanks.
In roosters, the beak is strong, curved, the nostrils are raised, black, sometimes there are pinkish shades of the beak. The neck is as if laid back, strong, with a thick mane. Goes into a strong chest, muscular, well developed.
Roosters of this breed have a strong back. The wings are adjacent to the body, rounded at the ends. Noteworthy wide impressive tail, with sickle-shaped feathers. Hocks of medium length, dark colors. The bones are thin, not fledged. On the legs are four fingers. The main advantage - color.
Shiny black feathers with different shades - turquoise, bronze on the neck, sometimes have shades close to bluish. With age, shades of pale yellow color may appear. Chickens most often have black plumage. Roosters - ardent defenders of chickens, different fighting qualities.
Hen
It has a round tuft. The eyes are big, shiny. The buds are hidden feathers, small in size. Scallop red, two-horned, thick beard, small size earrings. The neck is thick, strong. Chest protrudes forward. The back is wide. The wings of the hens are small, rounded at the ends. The object of pride is a large spreading tail. Hocks short, dark colors.
Features
They are distinguished from other breeds by their brilliant plumage, and brown is sometimes seen among black.
Krevker chickens are slow, do not fly. Representatives of this breed are distinguished by special habits - most often they pick at dung heaps, they are very tame, they are tied to a certain place.
Strive to be close to chicken coops, and not to look for food away from home.
In laying eggs, too, there are differences. They do not lay eggs as much as other breeds. Begin to lay later, but the eggs reach large sizes. Hatching eggs is not always possible.
Chickens are not too agile, for this reason, eggs are often broken.
Specifications
The mass of roosters - 3.5 - 4.5 kilograms. Kurey - 2.8 - 3.5 kg. Egg production - 120-140, the shell is white. Eggs are large, weigh up to 60-65 g.
Eggs can be placed under the turkeys for incubation. Chickens fatten well, have juicy white meat.
This breed is an early rip-off. Sometimes they are met with plumage of bluish color, or white, but such representatives of the breed are less valuable.
Crossed with rocks Dorking, Cochinhin. Mixtures are more durable, with improved taste of meat.
Content and cultivation
Nowadays, everyone can breed chickens, including gardeners, it is difficult to imagine any kind of farm without poultry.
Dietary quality of meat, the usefulness of eggs, it is difficult to overestimate. To breed chicken is not difficult if you follow the basic rules of care and maintenance.
It is better to buy young stock in specialized farmswhere that breed of chickens that interests you is guaranteed. It would not be superfluous to study the veterinary certificate, which reflects all information about the acquired bird or eggs. Bird meat and egg direction is always appreciated.
Chickens Krevker black. You need to choose strong young individuals. Daily chickens stand firmly, move actively, have smooth and clean down. Weak ones have a painful appearance, stand badly, legs and beak are bluish. For cultivation can be suitable any outbuildings such as a barn. But if you decide to make a chicken coop, you need to consider a few rules.
It is important to think about litter for chickens and chickens - from sawdust, straw, peat. Peat fits perfectly due to the fact that retains moisture. The value of the litter of chickens increases with such litter, because it is subsequently used as a fertilizer. Litter from dry leaves, for example, corn does not absorb moisture. Peat is preferable.
Laying a layer of 6-8 cm is poured on the floor, a few days later they pour a new layer, mixing it with the old one with the help of a pitchfork. Thus, looseness and relative dryness inside the chicken coop are maintained. One chicken will require 12-15 kg during the year. peat, chopped straw up to 20 kg, sawdust or shavings - 10 kg. Care must be taken to ventilate the room.
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Chickens can be placed on 15 pieces on one square meter of the floor. At the age of 40 days the young can rest on roost. At a distance of 60 cm from the floor perches placed from the floor. Perches should be located on the opposite side of the sun for good lighting. Planed wooden bars will fit, rounding the upper part of the bar.
In the warm season it is necessary to provide a fence for walking. Krevker refers to walking breeds.
Where can I buy in Russia?
Krevker is a rare breed, information on the acquisition of young stock can be found in the catalogs of All-Russian exhibitions of poultry. The Organizing Committee of the All-Russian Society of Poultry Lovers has information about where it is better to purchase the best breeds of chickens, including Krevkerov, provides addresses and contact information of the best poultry farmers. You can contact them by e-mail - [email protected] and by phone. +7 (915) 076-83-30, +7 (495) 772-67-32; fax +7 (495) 941-90-84.
Since Krevker is a rather rare breed, it can be replaced by other popular breeds of chickens. These include gudan and pomfret, especially light.
Analogs
Gudan
Gudan - French chickens were crossed with Dorking. Initially, the bird was designed to produce meat of excellent taste.
The breed is not high, strong, with well-defined muscles, the body is cylinder-shaped. A large round Ukrainian, a bushy beard, a comb like a moth, have five fingers, a lively temperament.
Cock: he has a broad round head, the skull resembles a bloated, especially at the base of the crest. The crest of a large size, falls back, consists of wide elongated feathers, does not fit tightly to the head. Strongly curved beak, black or spotted.
Chickens: have a stronger body, a full and wide chest, a wide belly, a back long and somewhat sloping, the tail is compressed, wide, not large, set low. Thick crest, standing exactly on the head, in the form of a ball, a beard with a chin part, very curvy whiskers framing a face.
Disadvantages of the breed: narrow body, with a flat chest, fingers poorly developed, a crest of irregular shape, crooked crest, ragged beard, feathers of yellowish or white shades, located in the mane or lower back.
Breed early, egg production - 160 eggs in the first year, 130 - in the second year of egg-laying. Egg weight - 55 g, the shell is white.
Brama - in particular, light in popularity takes the first place. Reminds kokhinhinov, but more elegant.
Experts believe that the breed is of Indian origin, the name comes from the Bramaputra River. It is known that in North America the poultry breeder Berngam crossed chickens from Shanghai, gray Cochins with gray Malay hens. In 1850, at an exhibition in Boston, chickens received recognition. Berngam was selling them in America, quite successfully, and since that time they began to call the Brahm due to the bright shade of feathers.
Cock. Distinguishes lush mane, comes down on his shoulders. Feathers are strips across the feather, lumbar feathers are bordered with black. A small tail, sticking up, feathers are fan. The color resembles a metallic, on the tail of a scythe, bordered with white. Head of small size, developed frontal part, tomb arches protrude. Strong beak with dark stripes. Triple comb, divided into single combs. The color of the comb, earrings and earlobes is red. Earrings are small, round shape.
Chickens: plumage on the chest, abdomen silver. Each feather has its own darkish color. The tail is dark gray shades. The huge size is amazing: the live weight is 3.5-5 kg, and the hens 3-3.5 kg.
Conclusion
Still, the Krecker chickens are a decoration for any chicken coop, a great investment. If you follow the rules of maintenance, give high yields of eggs and meat. They are considered the best French breed, because of the juicy, tender meat. Rush all year round, including in winter. Exceptions are cold and extreme heat. They are unpretentious in life, endure difficult climatic conditions. Do not tolerate dampness. Quickly grow.
Another advantage: Krevkerov can be bred in cramped spaces and at large.
