Hampshire, IL
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- Purpose
- dual
- Egg color
- brown
- Eggs / year
- ~180
- Hen weight
- ~6.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- No
- Temperament
- active, friendly, good mouser
- Forages
- excellent
- Broodiness
- moderate
- APA class
- American
- NPIP stock code
- R195
- Origin
- United States (Ohio)
Breed guide
Buckeye
The only APA breed developed entirely by a woman, Nettie Metcalf of Ohio, in the 1890s. Deep mahogany with a pea comb and a slanted, meaty back. These birds hunt mice and forage hard.
Keeper's notes
The pea comb puts it among the most frostbite-proof American breeds, which is what you want in a cold wet winter. Give it range or a big run. Penned tight, a Buckeye gets restless.
From the 1910 Standard of Perfection
Class: American
Standard weights: cock 9 lbs, hen 6.5 lbs, cockerel 8 lbs, pullet 5.5 lbs
“Body, rather long, broad, deep, full, heavy for size of bird; keel-bone, long, straight, extending well forward.”
Disqualifications: Ear-lobes more than one-fourth enamel white; entirely white feathers in the plumage.
APA recognized varieties
American · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Buckeye 1904
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Where to find Buckeye
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (37)
Pittsburg, IL
Red Bud, IL
Shumway, IL
South Vine Urbana, IL
Mattawan, MI
Prospect, OH
Galloway, OH
Zanesville, OH
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Regional hatcheries that carry it (3)
Polk, OH
Sugarcreed, OH
Sugarcreek, OH
Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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