Photo: Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Purpose
- eggs
- Egg color
- dark reddish brown
- Eggs / year
- ~170
- Hen weight
- ~4.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- No
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- active, independent
- Forages
- excellent
- Broodiness
- low
- Origin
- Spain (Catalonia)
Empordanesa
Sister breed to the Penedesenca from the Emporda region of Catalonia, also carrying the carnation comb and laying dark terracotta eggs. Rare in North America. Typically seen in wheaten-based colors.
Keep them the way you would a Penedesenca. Heat suits them and they want room to range. Taming takes a while. Shelter the large comb during a cold snap.
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