Lexington, IL
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- Purpose
- eggs
- Egg color
- white
- Eggs / year
- ~200
- Hen weight
- ~7.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- No
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- active, alert, not cuddly
- Forages
- good
- Broodiness
- low
- APA class
- Mediterranean
- NPIP stock code
- R1042
- Origin
- Spain (Menorca)
Breed guide
Minorca
Also known as: Black Minorca, Menorca
The largest Mediterranean breed, laying the biggest white egg of any standard chicken. Glossy black plumage with huge white earlobes and an enormous single comb. Rarely broody.
Keeper's notes
That comb is a frostbite magnet in real cold, so northern keepers want a dry, draft-free coop and jelly on the comb in a freeze. Heat rarely bothers them.
From the 1910 Standard of Perfection
Class: Mediterranean
Standard weights: cock 9 lbs, hen 7.5 lbs, cockerel 7.5 lbs, pullet 6.5 lbs
“The lines of breast and body are well rounded, and the general bearing of the birds, male and female, is graceful, and commanding for their size.”
Disqualifications: Black variety: red in ear-lobes covering one-third or more of surface; red in any part of plumage; pure white in plumage extending more than one-half inch; shanks other than dark slate or nearly black, except the natural fading from age.
APA recognized varieties
Mediterranean · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Single Comb Black 1888Single Comb White 1888Rose Comb Black 1904Single Comb Buff 1913Rose Comb White 1914
Minorca listings
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Where to find Minorca
Showing Great Lakes. Change it with the Near box up top.
Regional breeders with this breed on file (10)
Sheridan, IL
Oakley, IL
Ashley, MI
Shreve, OH
West Union, OH
New London, OH
Rittman, OH
Mcdermott, OH
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Regional hatcheries that carry it (1)
Woodson-Winchester Murrayville, IL
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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