- Purpose
- eggs
- Egg color
- white
- Eggs / year
- ~150
- Hen weight
- ~3.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- No
- Temperament
- active, alert, lively
- Forages
- excellent
- Broodiness
- low
- NPIP stock code
- R1072
- Origin
- Sweden (Orust island)
Orust
Rare Swedish landrace from the fishing island of Orust, black-and-white mottled with dark eyes and often dark skin pigment on comb and face. Historically fed largely on fish scraps. One of the rarest Swedish landraces.
Cold-hardy island stock at home in maritime damp. Keep it as a landrace and put vigor ahead of uniform looks.
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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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