Jacob, IL
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- Purpose
- eggs
- Egg color
- white to tinted
- Eggs / year
- ~160
- Hen weight
- ~4 lbs
- Cold hardy
- No
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- active, flighty, wary
- Forages
- excellent
- Broodiness
- low
- APA class
- Continental
- NPIP stock code
- R72
- Origin
- Germany/Netherlands
Breed guide
Lakenvelder
Also known as: Lakenfelder
White-bodied breed with solid black hackle and tail, the 'shadow on a sheet' pattern. It came off the German-Dutch border and is kept now mostly for exhibition. Hens lay a modest number of smallish eggs.
Keeper's notes
Give them room to range, because a tight pen makes them fret. Cold snaps call for the usual single-comb frostbite care.
APA recognized varieties
Continental · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Lakenvelder 1939
Lakenvelder listings
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Where to find Lakenvelder
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (5)
Freeport, IL
IL
Springfield, OH
Wilmington, OH
Regional hatcheries that carry it (0)
None on file for that filter yet.
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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