Clinton, IL
Langshan
Varieties
- Purpose
- dual
- Egg color
- dark brown
- Eggs / year
- ~160
- Hen weight
- ~7.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- No
- Temperament
- calm, gentle, intelligent
- Forages
- good
- Broodiness
- moderate
- APA class
- Asiatic
- NPIP stock code
- R232
- Origin
- China
Breed guide
Langshan
Also known as: Croad Langshan, Black Langshan
One of the tallest Asiatic breeds, brought out of the Langshan district of China in the 1870s. Long legs and a deep body under a rising U-shaped back line give it a stately carriage. Most are lustrous greenish black with lightly feathered shanks. Hens lay a dark brown egg that often carries a plum-colored bloom, and few breeds match that shade.
Keeper's notes
Tall birds, so raise the pop door and give them a roomier coop. They handle cold and keep laying through winter. Light shank feathering picks up less mud than a Cochin or a Brahma does. Keep the bedding dry anyway. It suits a keeper who wants a big calm bird laying dark eggs.
From the 1910 Standard of Perfection
Class: Asiatic
Standard weights: cock 9.5 lbs, hen 7.5 lbs, cockerel 8 lbs, pullet 6.5 lbs
“Height of the Langshan should be gained by depth of body and erectness of carriage, not from what may well be described as stiltiness of legs.”
Disqualifications: Black variety: comb other than single; one-half inch or more of white in any part of the plumage, except in foot or toe-feathering; yellow skin; bottoms of feet yellow in any part.
APA recognized varieties
Asiatic · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Black 1883White 1883Blue 1987
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (21)
Pekin, IL
Lena, IL
Valmeyer, IL
Greenville, IL
Odin, IL
Shipman, IL
Scales Mound, IL
Waterloo, IL
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Regional hatcheries that carry it (1)
Cincinnati, 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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