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- Purpose
- eggs
- Egg color
- tinted
- Eggs / year
- ~150
- Hen weight
- ~4.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- No
- Temperament
- calm, quiet, hardy
- Forages
- good
- Broodiness
- moderate
- NPIP stock code
- R783
- Origin
- Sweden
Hedemora
Swedish landrace from the town of Hedemora, shaped by sub-arctic winters over centuries. Some birds carry woolly, silkie-like feathering, and some have black skin. Hens keep laying in cold that shuts other breeds down.
As cold-tolerant as any chicken you can buy. Northern winters are nothing to it. The woolly-feathered birds shed rain poorly. Give them dry shelter.
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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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